Rhinoscleroma: A clinicopathological study from the Gulf region

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-151

  Abalkhail, Ali ^a   Satti, M B ^b   Uthman, M A E ^a   Al Hilli, F ^a   Darwish, A ^a   Satir, A ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis; Nasal inflammatory disease; Nose; Respiratory tract infection; Rhinoscleroma; Upper respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KLEBSIELLA RHINOSCLEROMATIS; LEPROSY; MALACOPLAKIA; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDLINE GRANULOMA; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; NOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOSCLEROMA; SAUDI ARABIA; STAINING; SYPHILIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BAHRAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHINOSCLEROMA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 34447506359     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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