International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 138-140 , September 2007

Medical Evacuation from Vietnam of an Elderly with Tuberculosis Spondylitis

  • Ying-Hua Shieh
    • ,
  • Juei-Chin Chang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Juei-Chin Chang, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Medical University–Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, 111, Section 3, Hsing-Long Road, Taipei 116, Taiwan

,Accepted 10 August 2007.

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PII: S1873-9598(08)70036-X

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(08)70036-X

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 138-140 , September 2007

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