Hypercalcemia in hepatic tuberculosis: A case report in Korea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 368-369

  Kang, Eun Seok ^a   Do, Mi Young ^a   Park, So Young ^a   Hur, Kyu Yeon ^a   Ahn, Chul Woo ^a   Cha, Bong Soo ^a   Lim, Sung Kil ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a   Lee, Hyun Chul ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; KOREA; LAPAROSCOPY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SARCOIDOSIS; SYNTHESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KOREA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC;

EID: 18944380161     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.368     Document Type: Article

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