Two Cases of Lumbar Discopathy Diagnosed as Tuberculous Spondylitis
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 1968
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.17.185