Isolated hepatic tuberculosis with scrofuloderma.
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Isolated hepatic tuberculosis with scrofuloderma.
A case of isolated hepatic tuberculosis with tubercular involvement of the overlying skin is described. The combination does not appear to have been previously described.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.63.739.401