Detection and follow-up of mediastinal lymph node enlargement in tuberculous pericardial effusions using computed tomography

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-322

  Cherian, George ^a   Habashy, Atef G ^b   Uthaman, Babu ^a   Cherian, Joseph M ^b   Salama, Abdulatif ^b   Anim, Jehoram T ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0037353510     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01521-8     Document Type: Article

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