Could IFN-γ predict the development of residual pleural thickening in tuberculous pleurisy?
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عنوان ژورنال: Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2465-1028,1122-0643
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2008.407