Liver tuberculosis in Southern Taiwan: 15-years clinical experience

Journal of Internal Medicine of Taiwan

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 410-417

  Tai, Wei Chen ^a   Kuo, Chung Mou ^a   Lee, Cheng Hsiang ^b   Chuah, Seng Kee ^a   Huang, Chao Cheng ^a   Hu, Tsung Hui ^a   Wang, Jin Hung ^a   Chang, Kuo Chin ^a   Tseng, Por Lin ^a   Changchien, Chi Sin ^a   Lee, Chuan Mo ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clinical presentations; Image studies; Liver tuberculosis; Therapeutic outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 56249083557     PISSN: 10167390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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