Response of tuberculous stricture to antituberculous treatment.
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Response of tuberculous stricture to antituberculous treatment.
Tuberculous infection of the gastrointestinal tract results in a variety of histopathological lesions. Some patients develop intestinal strictures and present with subacute intestinal obstruction. The treatment is controversial and vary from a trial of antituberculous drugs to early surgery:the response to medical therapy is not clear. To examine this issue the present prospective therapeutic t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.29.1.62