Evaluation of the utility of specific CXR features for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in young children using multiple readers

Includes bibliographical references === INTRODUCTION: The diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) can be notoriously difficult. The chest X-ray (CXR) is a significant diagnostic resource in the detection of PTB in children. However, non-specific radiological features combined with variabl...

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Main Author: Ho-Yee, Ruschka
Other Authors: Andronikou, Savvas
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16594