Skip lesions in intestinal tuberculosis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-234

  Shah, Syed Inamullah ^a   Khan, Ikram ^a   Khan, Aurangzeb ^a  

^a CMH Malir Cantt ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Skip lesions; Small intestine strictures; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REMISSION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0038057844     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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