Isolated tuberculous epididymitis: A review of forty cases

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-111

  Viswaroop, B S ^a   Kekre, N ^a   Gopalakrishnan, G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Inflammation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS BIOPSY; EPIDIDYMITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORCHIECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS TUMOR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS EPIDIDYMITIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22144475826     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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