Should tuberculin skin test be positive to give latent tuberculosis treatment before tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors in selected patients in developing countries?

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Published in J Rheumatol on March 01, 2010

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Carlos Abud-Mendoza, Marco Ulises Martínez-Martínez, José DE Jesús Macías-Mendoza, Martín Magaña-Aquino

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