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Comment
. 2009 Aug;77(8):3514; author reply 3514-5.
doi: 10.1128/IAI.00469-09.

Is hypercholesterolemia a friend or a foe of tuberculosis?

Runlin Han, Hardy Kornfeld, Gregory Martens
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Is hypercholesterolemia a friend or a foe of tuberculosis?

Runlin Han et al. Infect Immun. 2009 Aug.
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