Intestinal tuberculosis in a regional hospital in Hong Kong: A 10-year experience

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 264-271

  Leung, V K S ^a   Law, S T ^a   Lam, C W ^a   Luk, I S C ^a   Chau, T N ^a   Loke, T K L ^a   Chan, W H ^a   Lam, S H ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cecum; Colonoscopy; Granuloma; Ileum; Tuberculosis, gastrointestinal

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYELITIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 33747818003     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: 10242708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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