A clinical review of 128 cases of head and neck tuberculosis presenting over a 10-year period in Bradford, UK

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-368

  Menon, K ^a   Bem, C ^a   Gouldesbrough, D ^a   Strachan, David R ^a  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Otolaryngology; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, laryngeal; Tuberculosis, lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, LARYNGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; TUBERCULOSIS, ORAL;

EID: 34248146443     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106002507     Document Type: Article

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