Recurrent pneumothoraces in a 17-year-old man with mixed connective tissue disease.
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK Department of Rheumatology, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 69 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014