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Vol. 4. Issue 6.
Pages 217-219 (November - December 2008)
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Pages 217-219 (November - December 2008)
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Diagnosis and Prevention of Tuberculosis in Patients With Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease, Is There Anything New?
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Miguel Santín
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Correspondence: Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, IDIBELL. Universidad de Barcelona. Feixa Llarga, s/n. 08907 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona. España.
Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Universidad de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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