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Multidrug resistant tuberculosis: A challenge in clinical orthopedics

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Tuli, S.M. Multidrug resistant tuberculosis: A challenge in clinical orthopedics. IJOO 48, 235–237 (2014). https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.132487

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