American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 39-45 , January 2006

Tuberculosis in ear, nose, and throat practice: its presentation and diagnosis

This paper was presented at the 56th Annual Conference of Association of Otolaryngologists of India in January 2004 at Kolkata, India.

  • Bhat Nalini, M.S. (E.N.T)

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  • Subramaniam Vinayak, E (D.L.O)

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Received 4 April 2005

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.07.005

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 39-45 , January 2006

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