Clinical review of 23 patients with tuberculous peritonitis: Presenting features and diagnosis

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170-174

  Poyrazoglu, Orhan K ^a   Timurkaan, Mustafa ^a   Yalniz, Mehmet ^a   Ataseven, Huseyin ^a   Dogukan, Muruvvet ^a   Bahcecioǧlu, Ibrahim H ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Diagnosis; Extra pulmonary; Peritonitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ALBUMIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ASCITES; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; SMEAR; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS;

EID: 48249109147     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00340.x     Document Type: Review

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