Tuberculous aortitis

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-58

  Bukhary, Zakeya A ^a   Alrajhi, Abdulrahman A ^b  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANOREXIA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEATH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEMATOTHORAX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 33644511092     PISSN: 13199226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.56     Document Type: Article

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