Gastrointestinal tuberculosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 638-646

  Chong, Vui Heng ^a   Lim, K S ^b  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b Department of Radiology ^*

Author keywords

Colonic tuberculosis; Gastrointestinal tuberculosis; Intestinal infection; Oesophageal tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 67849086453     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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