XDR-TB: Indian perspective
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C.T. Bolliger*, A. Brunelli and A. Charloux *Internal Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa, Dept of Thoracic Surgery, Umberto I Regional Hospital, Ancona, Italy, and Physiologie et Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. Correspondence: C.T. Bolliger, Internal Medicine, University of Stellenbosc...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00025407