Polymerase chain reaction vs. conventional diagnosis in fine needle aspirates of tuberculous lymph nodes

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 333-340

  Goel, Madhu M ^a,b   Ranjan, Vivek ^a   Dhole, Tapan N ^a   Srivastava, Anand N ^a   Mehrotra, Anju ^a   Kushwaha, Mukhram R S ^a   Jain, Amita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Lymph node; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034999603     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327627     Document Type: Article

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