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. 2016 Mar 24;19(1):21007.
doi: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.21007. eCollection 2016.

Facilitating point-of-care detection/suspicion of early TB disease to enable early treatment access, while awaiting more definitive microbiologic diagnosis

Diana B Dickinson  1
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Facilitating point-of-care detection/suspicion of early TB disease to enable early treatment access, while awaiting more definitive microbiologic diagnosis

Diana B Dickinson. J Int AIDS Soc. .
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