Cutaneous and Skeletal Simultaneous Locations as a Rare Clinical Presentation of Tuberculosis
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Cutaneous and Skeletal Simultaneous Locations as a Rare Clinical Presentation of Tuberculosis
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2090-6625,2090-6633
DOI: 10.1155/2015/618546