OUTCOMES OF OPEN THORACIC SURGICAL DECORTICATION IN PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOUS EMPYEMA
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2411-8842,0030-9648
DOI: 10.51253/pafmj.v70i6.3724