Tuberculin Sensitivity in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seropositives with Tuberculosis Compared to Seronegatives

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1029-1030

  Singh, Girija ^a   Pais, P ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

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