Scoring systems for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis: Are we making progress?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-

  Hesseling, Anneke C ^a   Gie, Robert P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33947368173     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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