Diagnostic value of gastric aspirate smear and polymerase chain reaction in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- website
- Published by Wiley in Respirology
- Vol. 8 (4) , 492-496
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00503.x
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