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. 1995 Jul;50(7):709–711. doi: 10.1136/thx.50.7.709

Molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis: the need for new diagnostic tools.

P Godfrey-Faussett
PMCID: PMC474640  PMID: 7570402

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