Sarcoidosis presenting in a human immunodeficiency virus patient before starting antiretroviral therapy - "Granuloma paradox".

Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Government T D Medical College, Alappuzha, Kerala, India.

Published: December 2024

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