Lessons from emergency laparotomy for abdominal tuberculosis in the HIV/AIDS era

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-12

  Islam, J ^a   Clarke, D L ^a   Thomson, S R ^a  

^a EDENDALE HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 84901937426     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAJS.1604     Document Type: Article

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