Chest radiographic findings in neurotuberculosis without pulmonary signs and symptoms

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-30

  Aurangzeb, Sidra ^a,b   Badshah, Mazhar ^a   Khan, Rao Suhail Y ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Federal Lodge II   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Neurotuberculosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG HILUS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 41049093474     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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