Does tuberculin skin test predict tuberculosis in patients with end-stage liver disease?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1269-1270

  Al Moamary, Mohamed S ^a,b   Al Baz, Salah ^a   Alothman, Adel ^a   Memish, Ziad ^a   Al Jahdali, Hamdan ^a   Al Abdulkareem, Abdulmajeed ^a  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0346873033     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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