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        <journal-title>Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine</journal-title>
        <abbrev-title>J Pak Soc Intern Med</abbrev-title>
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      <issn publication-format="print">2709-8729</issn>
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          <subject>Editorial</subject>
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        <article-title>Brief about Medical Journals</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Iqbal</surname>
            <given-names>Rizwan</given-names>
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          <email>rizwaniqbal1@live.com</email>
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          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref>
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          <name>
            <surname>Munir</surname>
            <given-names>Muhammad Kashif</given-names>
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        <institution>Research Officer, HRI(NIH) TB Research Centre KEMU/Mayo Hospital Lahore</institution>
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        <corresp id="cor1">*Correspondence: Rizwan Iqbal (rizwaniqbal1@live.com)</corresp>
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        <day>12</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2022</year>
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        <year>2022</year>
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      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>199</fpage>
      <lpage>200</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-03-27">
          <day>27</day>
          <month>03</month>
          <year>2022</year>
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          <day>30</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2022</year>
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        <copyright-year>2022</copyright-year>
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