Tuberculous prostatic abscess in an immunocompromised patient.
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PY Lee1 M Fam Med; TA Ong2 FRCS; AO Dayangku Norlida3 M Path 1Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak. (Lee Ping Yein) 2Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. (Ong Teng Aik) 3Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. (Dayangku Norlida Awang Ojep)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
دوره 5 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010