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Research Article

Difficulties in Diagnosing Brucella spondylitis

Mogens Jensenius, E. Arne Høiby, Dag Berild, Morten Stiris, Signe Holta Ringertz Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, NO-0514 Oslo, Norway
Pages 425-426 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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