Status of zinc in pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 365-368

  Ghulam, Hassan ^a   Kadri, Syed Manzoor ^b   Manzoor, Ahmad ^a   Waseem, Qureshi ^c,d   Aatif, Mohammad Syed ^c   Khan, Ghulam Qadir ^a   Manish, Kak ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Directorate of Health Services   (India)

^c SMHS Hospital   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antituberculosis therapy; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Zing

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 68049103924     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.244     Document Type: Article

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