Umbilical signs of peritoneal tuberculosis in children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1192-1196

  Pant, Nitin ^a   Choudhury, S Roy ^a   Gupta, Amit ^a   Yadav, Partap S ^a   Grover, Jitendra Kumar ^a   Chadha, Rajiv ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Fistula; Peritoneal tuberculosis; Puckering; Retraction; Umbilicus

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; UMBILICUS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; UMBILICUS;

EID: 84866734719     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0643-2     Document Type: Article

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