A 41-year-old woman with aids, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and fever of unknown origin

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-352

  Grossman, Catherine ^a   Kushinka, Jeffrey ^a   Brath, Lisa K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Chest computed tomography; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 56049104498     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318167b0e4     Document Type: Article

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