C-reactive protein in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Shaikh, Muhammed Khalid ^a   Samo, Javed Akhtar ^b   Devrajani, Bikha Ram ^a   Shah, Syed Zulfiquar Ali ^a   Shaikh, Samina ^a   Shaikh, Imran ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College (GMMMC) Sukkur   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

C Reactive Protein; Pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859533399     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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