Paradoxical gas embolism in a scuba diver with an atrial septal defect
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Paradoxical gas embolism in a scuba diver with an atrial septal defect.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.294.6564.121-a