Vitamin A status and therapy in childhood pulmonary tuberculosis.

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Published in J Pediatr on December 01, 1997

Authors

W A Hanekom1, S Potgieter, E J Hughes, H Malan, G Kessow, G D Hussey

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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