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Is There Any Hope for Preventing Replacement of All Drug Sensitive Tuberculosis Cases by Drug Resistant Tuberculosis?

Rajendra Prasad, Amitabh Banka, Nikhil Gupta

Citation Information : Prasad R, Banka A, Gupta N. Is There Any Hope for Preventing Replacement of All Drug Sensitive Tuberculosis Cases by Drug Resistant Tuberculosis?. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2017; 59 (2):65-67.

DOI: 10.5005/ijcdas-59-2-65

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 18-06-2017

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2017; The Author(s).


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