Pneumorrhachis: an under-recognized entity correlates with severity of spontaneous pneumomediastinum
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thoracic Disease
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2072-1439,2077-6624
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.65