Pattern of cutaneous tuberculosis among children and adolescent

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 94-97

  Sultana, A ^a   Bhuiyan, M S I ^a   Haque, A ^a   Bashar, A ^b   Islam, M T ^a   Rahman, M M ^c  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c Dhaka National Medical College Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84876925712     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bmrcb.v38i3.14335     Document Type: Article

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