Tuberculosis of the head and neck in Finland

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 770-774

  Nohrström, Elina ^a   Kentala, Erna ^a   Kuusela, Pentti ^a   Mattila, Petri S ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Head and neck mass; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FINLAND; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NECK TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34250636648     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480601002021     Document Type: Article

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