Extensive unilateral pulmonary tuberculosis with segmental atresia of principal bronchus

Lung India

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-95

  Amita, R ^a   Sandhyamani, S ^a   Unnikrishnan, M ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ATRESIA; BRONCHUS ATRESIA; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CASEOUS NECROSIS; CHRONIC COUGH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893453545     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.126012     Document Type: Letter

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