Influence of sex on clinical features, laboratory findings, and complications of typhoid fever

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Khan, Mohammad ^a   Coovadia, Yacoob Mahomed ^a   Connolly, Catherine ^b   Sturm, Adriaan Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELITIS; OCCULT BLOOD; RETICULOCYTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TYPHOID FEVER; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032766738     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.41     Document Type: Article

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