910 Pneumonia in Childhood: Use of Penicillin as Monotherapy Treatment
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Treatment of childhood pneumonia in developing countries
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.0910