Invasive fungal infections, other than Candida and Cryptococcus, from 2008 to 2011, at Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa
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Mammorgraphy reporting at Tygerberg hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
521 August 2014, Vol. 104, No. 8 Mammography reporting at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa To the Editor: The evasive response of Apffelstaedt et al.[1] with regard to the actual mammographic reporting methodology that forms the basis of their research[2] highlights concerns reflected in our letter[3] and raises clinical, ethical and scientific questions. Apffelstaedt et al. need to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.368