Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 331-333 , December 2009

Genital Tuberculosis With Presentation of Spontaneous Abortion in a Patient With Miliary Tuberculosis

  • Chih-Wei Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-Chuan Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Hsiang Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Song-Wei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 22 August 2008 ,Revised 21 September 2008 ,Accepted 21 November 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60065-3

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60065-3

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 331-333 , December 2009

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