A case of rounded atelectasis requiring differentiation from lung cancer.
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Rounded atelectasis of the lung.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0919-0945,1881-4158
DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg.11.829