Septic Pulmonary Emboli Assosiated with Neck Abscess in a Child
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عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0301-5629
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.08.1786