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Rapid Communication| Volume 86, ISSUE 1, P57-59, January 1992

Acute arthropathy in mediastinal tuberculosis

  • A. Askari
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    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Division of Medicine, Tameside General Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, U.K.
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  • T. Kyi
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    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Division of Medicine, Tameside General Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, U.K.
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  • J.M. Patel
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    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Division of Medicine, Tameside General Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, U.K.
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  • M.P. Chopra
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    To whom reprint requests should be addressed at: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tameside General Hospital, Fountain Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, U.K.
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    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Division of Medicine, Tameside General Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, U.K.
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