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Diagnostic difficulties with intestinal tuberculosis

Vui Heng Chong Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, RIPAS Hospital, Negara Brunei, DarussalamCorrespondence[email protected]
, FAMS , MRCP &
Nallathamby Rajendran Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, RIPAS Hospital, Negara Brunei, Darussalam
Pages 1118-1120 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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