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Prevalence of Genital Tuberculosis in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s):
Majidreza Akbarizade, Mahin Naderifar and Fateme Parooie*
Introduction: Genital tuberculosis is a rare condition with different prevalence in different areas. Genital tuberculosis may be asymptomatic or may be associated with atypical symptoms and imitators of other diseases; hence, it is quite essential to determine the prevalence of the disease in order to consider it as a differential diagnosis in patients with similar symptoms. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of genital tuberculosis in Iran. Methods: From the beginning of databases, 2018, International {PubMed, Web of Science (WOS) and Google scholar} and National {Scientific Information Database (SID), Magiran} databases were searched for related observational studies that were conducted in Iran including only on Iranian Patients and published in English and Persian languages until 2018.. Read More»