Aetiologies and predictors of pulmonary cavities in South Korea

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-462

  Yang, Y W ^a   Kang, Y A ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Lee, S M ^a   Yoo, C G ^a   Kim, Y W ^a   Han, S K ^a   Shim, Y S ^a   Yim, Jae Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cavity; Lung cancer; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; SOUTH KOREA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247157268     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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