Cutaneous tuberculosis in Blackburn district (U.K.): A 15-year prospective series, 1981-95

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-489

  Yates, V M ^a   Ormerod, L P ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030892716     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb02127.x     Document Type: Article

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