Tissue polymerase chain reaction in diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 52, Issue NOV, 2004, Pages 863-867

  Amarapurkar, D N ^a   Patel, N D ^a   Amarapurkar, A D ^b   Agal, S ^a   Baigal, R ^a   Gupte, P ^a  

^a Jagjivanram Western Railway Hospital   (India)

^b BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 15044338518     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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