ISONIAZID-RESISTANT TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLODISCITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SCROFULODERMA
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1980-8178,0301-0406
DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v47i4.56745