Open AccessClinical profile of patients having pulmonary tuberculosis and renal amyloidosis
Author(s) -
Ramakant Dixit,
Rakesh Gupta,
Lokendra Dave,
Nishi Prasad,
Sumit Sharma
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 - 10.4103/0970-2113.48896
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary tuberculosis , amyloidosis , tuberculosis , pathology
This study was planned to define the clinical profile of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients having renal amyloidosis, to identify the factors responsible for development of amyloidosis, to detect the time period between onset of amyloidosis and PTB, and analyze clinical features of amyloidosis in PTB patients for early diagnosis and timely assessment.