Clinical profile and prognosis of Addison's disease in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-25

  Agarwal, G ^a   Bhatia, E ^a   Pandey, R ^a   Jain, S K ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035221261     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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