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Editorial
. 2007 May;62(5):377.
doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.056135.

Role of surgery in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

L Peter Ormerod
Editorial

Role of surgery in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

L Peter Ormerod. Thorax. 2007 May.

Abstract

Feasible in the context of a good national programme in resource‐limited settings, but doubts remain over how widely this may be able to be implemented

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