Calcified Granulomatous Lung Lesions Contain Abundant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Components
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Tadatsune Iida1, Keisuke Uchida1, Nilufar Lokman1, Asuka Furukawa1, Yoshimi Suzuki1, Toshio Kumasaka2, Tamiko Takemura2, Hiroshi Kawachi1, Takumi Akashi3 and Yoshinobu Eishi1,3 1Department of Human Pathology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan 2Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan 3Division of Surgical Pathology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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