Gastrointestinal tuberculosis with cecum involvement in a 33-year-old woman

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-216

  Yadegarynia, Davood ^a   Abbasi, Farhad ^a   Keshtkar Jahromi, Maryam ^a   Gholamin, Sharareh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Extra pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67749142289     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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