Disease-A-Month
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 46-54 , January 2007

Tuberculosis of Pericardium, Larynx, and Other Uncommon Sites

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doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2006.10.006

Disease-A-Month
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 46-54 , January 2007

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