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. 2006 Apr;61(4):364-5.
doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.053637.

A&E department: a missed opportunity for diagnosis of TB?

A Smith, R F Miller, A Story, H L Booth

A&E department: a missed opportunity for diagnosis of TB?

A Smith et al. Thorax. 2006 Apr.
No abstract available

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Competing interests: R F Miller is Editor of Sexually Transmitted Infections, part of the BMJ Publishing Group. The other authors declare no competing interests.

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