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Mortality of patients hospitalized for active tuberculosis in King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed A. Aljohaney
Saudi Medical Journal March 2018, 39 (3) 267-272; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.3.22280
Ahmed A. Aljohaney
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, FRCPC
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