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Efficacy of serum chitotriosidase activity in early treatment of patients with active tuberculosis and a negative sputum smear

Canturk Tasci,1 Serkan Tapan,2 Sevket Ozkaya,3 Ersin Demirer,4 Omer Deniz,1 Arzu Balkan,1 Metin Ozkan,1 Ilker Inan,1 Ismail Kurt,2 Hayati Bilgic11Department of Pulmonary Diseases, 2Department of Biochemistry, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, 3Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Dr Suat Seren Education...

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Main Authors:	Tasci C (Author), Tapan S (Author), Ozkaya S (Author), Demirer E (Author), Deniz O (Author), Balkan A (Author), Ozkan M (Author), Inan I (Author), Kurt I (Author), Bilgic H (Author)
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Published:	Dove Medical Press, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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