Specificity and sensitivity of chest radiographs in the diagnosis of paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis and the value of additional high-kilovolt radiographs

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-153

  De Villiers, Richard V P ^a,c   Andronikou, Savvas ^b   Van De Westhuizen, Stephan ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Children; High kilovolt radiograph; Lymphadenopathy; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3843063558     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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