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. 2018 Mar 27:7:58.
doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_182_17. eCollection 2018.

The Relationship between Tuberculosis and Lung Cancer

Masoud Keikha  1 , Bahram Nasr Esfahani  1
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The Relationship between Tuberculosis and Lung Cancer

Masoud Keikha et al. Adv Biomed Res. .
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