Predicting the clinical outcome of tetanus: the tetanus severity score
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and International Health
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1360-2276,1365-3156
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01562.x