A critical examination of adrenal tuberculosis and a 28-year autopsy experience of active tuberculosis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 633-639

  Lam, King Yin ^a,b   Lo, Chung Yau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASES; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035724629     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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