Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting with Scrofuloderma and Anterior Staphyloma in a Child in Sokoto, Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tuberculosis Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2329-843X,2329-8448
DOI: 10.4236/jtr.2020.83011