Tuberculosis in Norwegian children - Diagnostic challenges;Tuberkulose hos barn i Norge - Diagnostiske utfordringer

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1721-1725

  Olbjørn, Christine ^a,d   Bjørnvold, Marit ^a   Wathne, Karl Olaf ^b   Gaustad, Peter ^e   Abrahamsen, Tore G ^c  

^a Barneavdelingen   (Norway)

^b Barnesenteret   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Barneavdelingen   (Norway)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIGRATION; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034631192     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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