Pelvic tumor, elevated CA 125 level and tuberculosis [2];Tumor pelviano, CA 125 elevado y tuberculosis

Medicina

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-182

  Belletti, Gerardo A ^a   Millán, Andrés Escudero ^a   López, Ana ^a   Yorio, Marcelo A ^a   Jakob, Ernesto ^a   Bouchet, Diosnel ^a   Irico, Gustavo ^a  

^a Hospital Italiano de Córdoba   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ASCITES; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PELVIS TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 19744380459     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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