A 75-year-old male with breathlessness and pleuritic chest pain
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CORRESPONDENCE: B. Van de Maele, Respiratory Division, Henri Serruys Hospital, Kaı̈rostraat 84, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium. Fax: 32 59555792. E-mail: [email protected] *Respiratory Division, Dept of Surgery, and Dept of Pathology, Henri Serruys Hospital, and Torhoutsesteenweg 51, B-8400, Oostende, Belgium. Eur Respir J 2005; 25: 768–770 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00110904 Copyright ERS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Breathe
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1810-6838,2073-4735
DOI: 10.1183/18106838.0103.259