Tuberculous pericardial effusion - Mediastinal lymph glands: The cause and clue to the etiology

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 228-233

  Cherian, George ^a   Habashy, Atef G ^b   Uthaman, Babu ^b   Hanna, Ragaie M ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mediastinal lymph glands; Pericardial effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PERICARDIAL BIOPSY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141670310     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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