Therapeutic drug management: is it the future of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment?
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Affiliations: Dept of Medicine and Office of Global Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, and College of Pharmacy and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari–Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, and WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 42 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013