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Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Published quarterly by the Tuberculosis Association of India, New Delhi

Vol. 55 : No. 3	July 2008
Editor-in-Chief R.K. Srivastava Editors M.M. Singh Lalit Kant V.K. Arora Joint Editors G.R. Khatri D. Behera Associate Editors S.K. Sharma L.S. Chauhan Ashok Shah J.C. Suri V.K. Dhingra Assistant Editor K.K. Chopra Members Banerji, D. Frieden, Thomas, R. Gupta, K.B. Katiyar, S.K. Katoch, V.M. Kumar, Prahlad Narang, P. Narayanan, P.R. Nishi Agarwal Puri, M.M. Radhakrishna, S. Raghunath, D. Rai, S.P. Rajendra Prasad Sarin, Rohit Vijayan, V.K. Wares, D.F. Journal Coordinators Kanwaljit Singh R. Varadarajan Subscription Inland Annual Rs.600 Single Copy Rs.150 Foreign For SAARC countries US $ 25 For South East Asian and Eastern countries US $ 30 Other countries US $ 35 Cheques/D.Ds. should be drawn in favourof "Tuberculosis Association of India, NewDelhi" The statements, opinions and advertisements contained in this journal are solely those of the authors/advertisers. The Publisher, Editor-in-Chief and its Editorial Board Members and employees disown all responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas or products referred to in the articles or advertisements contained in this journal.Chief and its Editorial Board Members and employees disown all responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas or products referred to in the articles or advertisements contained in this journal.	Contents EDITORIAL TB Control Progrmme – A way forward - D. Raghunath ORIGINAL ARTICLES Evaluation of different types of chest symptoms for diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases in Community Surveys - P. G. Gopi, R. Subramani and P.R. Narayanan	113 116
	DOTS in Drug Addicts with TB: Delhi Experience - V. K. Dhingra, Dori Lall, Nishi Aggarwal and R. P. Vashist Is the quality of life different in patients with Active and Inactive Tuberculosis ? - Demet UNALAN, Ferhan SOYUER, Osman CEYHAN, Mustafa BASTURK and Ahmet OZTURK Relationship of Nitric Oxide and Protein Carbonyl in Tuberculosis - Aruna Kulkarni and Narayan A. Madrasi Status Report on RNTCP CASE REPORTS Scapholunate Dissociation: A rare presentation of TB Wrist in a case of multi-focal Skeletal Tuberculosis - Dhananjaya Sabat, Vinod Kumar and Ajay Gupta An unusual case of a Pleural Effusion with an abdominal mass - Preetam R. Acharya, Rameshchandra Sahoo and Poornima Baliga SHORT COMMUNICATION Annual Risk of Tuberculosis Infection in Chennai city - P. G. Gopi, V. Venkatesh Prasad, M. Vasantha, R. Subramani, A. S. Tholkappian, D. Sargunan and P.R. Narayanan Abstracts Forum Guidelines for contributors	122 127 138 145 149 153 157 162 166 170

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