A case of disseminated tuberculosis with adrenal insufficiency

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-327

  Al Mamari, Ali ^a   Balkhair, Abdullah ^a   Gujjar, Arunodaya ^a   Abid, Fatma Ben ^a   Al Farqani, Ahmed ^b   Al Hamadani, Aisha ^a   Jain, Rajeev ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b Royal Court Medical Team ^*  (Oman)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Case report; Granuloma; Insufficiency; Oman; TB

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014487662     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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