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Dr. Apurva Patel MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1912 STATE ROUTE 35 OAKHURST NJ, 07755About
Dr. Apurva Patel is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Somerset, NJ. Dr. Patel specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
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