Airway involvement in pulmonary tuberculosis

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 10 II, 2007, Pages 986-988

  Goussard, Pierre ^a   Gie, Robert ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 35648943244     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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