Colonic tuberculosis: Clinical features, endoscopic appearance and management

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 723-729

  Misra, Sri Prakash ^a   Misra, Vatsala ^a   Dwivedi, Manisha ^a   Gupta, Suresh C ^a  

^a MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Colon; Colonoscopy; Diagnosis; Disease; Histology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; COLON POLYP; COLON STENOSIS; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032788058     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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