Editorial
doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.1.
Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination in Saudi Arabia: benefits versus risks
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Editorial
Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination in Saudi Arabia: benefits versus risks
Ann Saudi Med.
2012 Jan-Feb.
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Outbreak of Bacille Calmette-Guérin-related lymphadenitis in Saudi children at a university hospital after a change in the strain of vaccine.Ann Saudi Med. 2012 Jan-Feb;32(1):4-8. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.4. Ann Saudi Med. 2012. PMID: 22156633 Free PMC article.
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