Chest X-ray findings in relation to gender and symptoms: A study of patients with smear positive tuberculosis in Vietnam

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-37

  Thorson, Anna ^a   Long, Nguyen Hoang ^a,b   Larsson, Lars Olof ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HILUS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURISY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 33847166895     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600951176     Document Type: Article

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