Haemorheological variables in Nigeria pulmonary tuberculosis patients undergoing therapy

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-275

  Awodu, O A ^a   Ajayi, I O ^a   Famodu, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Haemorheological variables; Patients; Therapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOGEN DEFECT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERFIBRINOGENEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PLATELET COUNT; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34249889292     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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