The Use of Tuberculin in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis

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  • John R. Gillespie
چکیده

(1) BURRELL, L. S. T., Recent Advances in Pulmontary Tuberculosis. (2) CROCKET, J., The Physical and Radiological Examination of the Lungs. (3) ELLMAN, P., Chest Disease in General Practice. (4) FENTON and BURRELL, Diseases of the Chest. (5) FISHBERG, M., Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Fourtlh Edition). (6) KERLEY, P., Recent Advances in Radiology. (7) MELVILLE, S., Proc. R. S. Med., Feb., 1932, Vol. 25. (8) SPENCE, J., Archives of Diseases in Children, Vol. 7, No. 37.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Ulster Medical Journal

دوره 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008