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[Tuberculous pericarditis: an unusual presentation of a common disease]. | LitMetric

[Tuberculous pericarditis: an unusual presentation of a common disease].

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin

División de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.

Published: May 2009

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