Management of tuberculosis in Wales: 1986-92
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Management of tuberculosis in Wales: 1986-92.
OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis in Wales and to assess the standard of management of patients with tuberculosis. DESIGN Retrospective study of data retrieved from case notes and review of radiographs of all identified patients. SUBJECTS Forty eight cases of tuberculosis and 10 of tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis in children under 15 years of age, in Wales, bet...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.6.579a