Recrudescence of pulmonary tuberculosis: Radiological and CT features in an asymptomatic Southern Italian young population;Recrudescenza della tubercolosi polmonare: Reperti radiografici e TC in una popolazione di individui giovani del Sud Italia

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 104, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 404-411

  Cappabianca, Salvatore ^a,c   Barberi, Antonio ^a   Del Vecchio, Walter ^b   Sergi, Daniela ^a   Grassi, Roberto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Chest radiograph; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITALY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036874175     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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