Modern imaging of tuberculosis in children: Thoracic, central nervous system and abdominal tuberculosis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 861-875

  Andronikou, Savvas ^a,b   Wieselthaler, Nicky ^a,b  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Brain; Children; CT; Lung; Meninges; MRI; Radiography; Tuberculosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ABDOMEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, UROGENITAL;

EID: 7744238602     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1236-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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