Hepatic granuloma in Turkish adults: A report of 13 cases

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 527-530

  Onal, Ibrahim Koral ^a   Ersoy, Osman ^a   Aydinli, Musa ^a   Yonem, Ozlem ^a   Harmanci, Ozgur ^a   Sokmensuer, Cenk ^a   Bayraktar, Yusuf ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BCGitis; Hepatic granuloma; Hepatitis B; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BRUCELLA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649117945     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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