Systemic Paradoxical Response to Antituberculous Drugs: Resolution with Corticosteroid Therapy
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Systemic paradoxical response to antituberculous drugs: resolution with corticosteroid therapy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.3.517