Thyroid tuberculosis - role of PCR in diagnosis of a rare entity

Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 392-396

  Gupta, N ^a   Sharma, K ^a   Barwad, A ^a   Sharma, M ^a   Rajwanshi, A ^a   Dutta, P ^a   Sharma, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Granulomatous thyroiditis; Polymerase chain reaction; Thyroid tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL GRANULOMA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE; TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE;

EID: 80051575171     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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