Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in Children - Role of Fine Needle Aspiation Cytology

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 976-979

  Rameshkumar, Karuna ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 0033205602     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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