Journal of Pregnancy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 379271, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/379271
Review Article
Tuberculosis in Pregnancy: A Review
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 5538, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Received 9 May 2011; Accepted 1 September 2011
Academic Editor: Oliver Ezechi
Copyright © 2012 Olabisi M. Loto and Ibraheem Awowole. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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