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. 2001 Apr;51(465):297–298.

Outbreak of tuberculosis linked to a source case imprisoned during treatment. Should the courts tell GPs about prison sentences and should GPs tell prison doctors about medical diagnoses?

A Mukerjee 1, C C Butler 1
PMCID: PMC1313981  PMID: 11458484

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