Gastrointestinal luminal tuberculosis: Establishing the diagnosis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1240-1246

  Patel, Nikhil ^a,c   Amarapurkar, Deepak ^b   Agal, Subhash ^a   Baijal, Rajiv ^a   Kulshrestha, Pramod ^a   Pramanik, Snehansu ^a   Gupte, Parijat ^a  

^a Jagjivan Ram Hospital   (India)

^b BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Opposite Poonam Chambers   (India)

Author keywords

Confirmation of diagnosis; Crohn's disease; Gastrointestinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 8344269411     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03485.x     Document Type: Article

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