The need to reassess the value of fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis in Iran

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 750-751

  Hasibi, Mehrdad ^a   Rezaii, Jalal ^a   Kermani, Ziyaoddin Madani ^a   Asadollahi, Marjan ^b   Rashidi, Armin ^c   Abouzari, Mehdi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IRAN; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 34547500633     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701218590     Document Type: Letter

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