Aspiration cytology for diagnosis of tuberculosis - Perspectives in India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Verma, Kusum ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

FNAC; Indian scenario; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BCG VACCINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; HUMAN; INDIA; INJECTION SITE; LYMPHADENITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INDIA; LUNG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036865393     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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