Disease-A-Month
Volume 52, Issue 11 , Pages 446-449 , November 2006

Tuberculin Skin Test: Can it be Replaced?

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doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2006.09.010

Disease-A-Month
Volume 52, Issue 11 , Pages 446-449 , November 2006

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