TY  - JOUR
T1  - Die tuberkulose des kindes: Ein lehrbuch aus der kinderheilstätte wangen im allgäu
Y1  - 1949/10/01
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02910050060033
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 360
EP  - 360
VL  - 141
IS  - 5
N2  - This book of 340 pages is devoted entirely to tuberculosis among children. In the introduction, attention is called to the high incidence of tuberculosis in Europe. The author does not regard congenital tuberculosis as an important problem. Under the heading of diagnostic aids, considerable importance is placed on the tuberculin test and the demonstration of tubercle bacilli. The discussion of primary tuberculosis includes the primary complex, with considerable emphasis on involvement of the bronchial lymph nodes. It is pointed out that evidence of disease seen in the parenchyma from the roentgen shadow it casts may be due to parenchymal inflammations or to atelectasis. The danger of atelectasis resulting in contraction of the involved part or bronchiectasis is emphasized. A large number of roentgenograms illustrate various stages in the evolution of primary tuberculosis and its complications.Acute, fatal forms of tuberculosis, dependent on the primary type of the disease for their
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02910050060033
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910050060033
ER  -