<I>Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare</I> pleuritis with massive pleural effusion
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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.95.08081428