Colonoscopy in the diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis in asymptomatic patients

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 362-368

  Sato, Shigeru ^a,b   Yao, Kenshi ^a,b,c   Yao, Tsuneyoshi ^a,b   Schlemper, Ronald J ^a,b   Matsui, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Sakurai, Toshihiro ^a,b   Iwashita, Akinori ^a,b  

^a Nishi Fukuoka Hospital ^*

^b Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; INDIGO CARMINE; MACROGOL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; INTESTINE ULCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 1542410052     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(03)02716-0     Document Type: Article

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