Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Nakhonsawan Province*
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Nakhonsawan Provincial Health Office, Nakhonsawan 60000, Thailand. Received for publication: March 16, 2006. Reprint request: Panithan Santibhavank, M.D., Nakhonsawan Provincial Health Office, Nakhonsawan 60000, Thailand.
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