Noncontiguous multiple-level brucellar spondylitis with subsequent relapse
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● Received: September 5, 2014 ● Revised: November 2, 2014 ● Accepted: November 4, 2014 Corresponding Author: Sim Sai Tin, MD Medical Center, Shantou, China Tel: +866624132436, Fax: +866624132436 E-mail: [email protected] ◯∝This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/3.0/) whic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1678-9849,0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0064-2017