UNUSUAL DETECTION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN A WOMAN WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME
Pešut DP,1,2* Raljević S,2 Slijepčević Tomić Lj2,3
*Corresponding Author: Dragica P. Pešut, M.D., Ph.D., School of Medicine University of Belgrade, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Institute of Lung Disease and Tuberculosis, Research and Epidemiology Department, 11000 Belgrade, Visegradska 26, Serbia; Tel.: +381-11-3615561; Fax: +381-11-2681591; E-mail: dragica.pesut@ gmail.com
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