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Acute Suppurative Pericarditis with Death from Ruptured Mycotic Aneurysm of the Aorta.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1936
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-193609000-00006