Resolution of the acute-phase response in west african patients receiving treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 340-344

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b,c   Obeng, J ^b   Acheampong, J W ^b   Griffin, G E ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Anti tuberculosis treatment; C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BODY WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034030857     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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