Extra pulmonary tuberculosis in children: Two years study

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-243

  Baghaie, Nooshin ^a   Khalilzade, Soheila ^a   Boloursaz, Mohammad Reza ^a   Khodayari, Amir Ali ^a   Velayati, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pediatrics; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

AFGHANISTAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PERICARDITIS; PERITONITIS; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH LAVAGE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77957032369     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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