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Clinical characteristics and needle aspiration management of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin lymphadenitis in children

Omer M. Suliman, Mohammed J. Ahmed and Jalal A. Bilal
Saudi Medical Journal March 2015, 36 (3) 280-285; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.3.10294
Omer M. Suliman
From the Department of Pediatrics (Suliman), Department of General Surgery (Ahmed), Al-Rass General Hospital, Al-Rass, and the Department of Pediatrics (Bilal), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed J. Ahmed
From the Department of Pediatrics (Suliman), Department of General Surgery (Ahmed), Al-Rass General Hospital, Al-Rass, and the Department of Pediatrics (Bilal), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jalal A. Bilal
From the Department of Pediatrics (Suliman), Department of General Surgery (Ahmed), Al-Rass General Hospital, Al-Rass, and the Department of Pediatrics (Bilal), College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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