Utility of the Lateral Chest Radiograph in the Evaluation of Patients with a Positive Tuberculin Skin Test Result

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1824-1827

  Meyer, Marianne ^a   Clarke, Peter ^a   O'Regan, Anthony W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; GRANULOMA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX TUMOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0242552186     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.5.1824     Document Type: Article

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