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Editorial
. 2006 Sep 16;333(7568):559-60.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.38971.587222.AB.

Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis

Stephen D Lawn, Robert Wilkinson
Editorial

Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis

Stephen D Lawn et al. BMJ. .
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