Laparoscopic appearance in a case of peritoneal tuberculosis with elevated cancer antigen 125 levels

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 180-182

  Shin, Hyun Phil ^a   Lee, Joung Il ^a   Seo, Hyung Min ^a   Lim, Sung Jig ^a   Jung, Sung Won ^a   Cha, Jae Myung ^a   Choe, Jae Won ^a   Joo, Kwang Ro ^a  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58049205546     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.03.1079     Document Type: Article

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