Efficacy and impact of the polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis;Eficacia e impacto de la prueba de la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa en el diagnóstico de tuberculosis extrapulmonar

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 509-514

  Kato Maeda, Midori ^a   Bobadilla Del Valle, Miriam M ^a   Martínez Gamboa, Areli ^a   Hernández Cruz, Araceli ^a   Ramírez Mora, Isabel ^a   Cerón Enríquez, Norma C ^a   Ortiz Conchi, Narciso ^a   Macías Kauffer, Luis Rodrigo ^a   Toral Villanueva, Rodrigo ^a   Ponce de León, Alfredo ^a   Sifuentes Osornio, José S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; PCR; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEXICO; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036881099     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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