Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer

South Asian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-42

  Bhatt, M L B ^a   Kant, Surya ^a   Bhaskar, Ravi ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ATT; Biopsy confirmation; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 84872247802     PISSN: 2278330X     EISSN: 22784306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.96507     Document Type: Article

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