Diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis: Experience from 11 cases and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 3647-3649

  Uzunkoy, Ali ^a   Harma, Muge ^b   Harma, Mehmet ^b,c  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Toxicology   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; HEMOGLOBIN; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; OMENTUM; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 10244246645     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3647     Document Type: Article

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