Pneumomediastinum and pneumorrhachis from recreational nitrous oxide inhalation: no laughing matter
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0040-6376,1468-3296
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210291