Point-of-care urine test for assessing adherence to isoniazid treatment for tuberculosis

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  • Yuichiro Shirai
  • Yuichi Tamura
  • Hidekata Yasuoka
  • Toru Satoh
  • Masataka Kuwana
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تاریخ انتشار 2014