An autopsy case of miliary tuberculosis in a young adult

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Uchigasaki, Seisaku ^a,b,c   Kumagai, Tetsuo ^b   Isahai, Isamu ^a   Oshida, Shigemi ^a   Morita, Kaoru ^d  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Forensic pathology; Tuberculosis; Unexpected death; Young adult

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AUTOPSY; BCG VACCINATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIVER NODULE; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICROSCOPY; MIGRATION; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYP; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0038753967     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00140-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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