Open AccessThe Keith Edward scoring system: A case control study
Author(s) -
Supriya Sarkar,
Dilip K. Paul,
Sudipta Chakrabarti,
Nirmal Kumar Mandal,
AG Ghoshal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.48894
Subject(s) - medicine , scoring system , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , predictive value , tuberculin , tuberculosis , pediatrics , pathology
The World health organization (WHO) has accepted Keith Edward scoring system for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis (TB). In the present study, we evaluated this scoring system.