Time trend and clinical pattern of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Serbia, 1993-2007
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal of Serbia
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0042-8450,2406-0720
DOI: 10.2298/vsp1203227p