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. 1992 Jan;85(1):48–50. doi: 10.1177/014107689208500120

Disseminated tuberculosis in the elderly: still a diagnosis overlooked.

D King 1, P D Davies 1
PMCID: PMC1293467  PMID: 1548662

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