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Tuberculin skin testing underestimates a high prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in hemodialysis patients

✍ Scribed by Sester, Martina; Sester, Urban; Clauer, Peter; Heine, Gunnar; Mack, Ulrich; Moll, Thomas; Sybrecht, Gerhard W.; Lalvani, Ajit; Kohler, Hans

Book ID: 109065443
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 198 KB
Volume: 65
Category: Article
ISSN: 0085-2538
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00586.x

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