Unusual Cause of Hypoxemia
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Unusual cause of hypoxemia is presented in a 12 year old boy of Iraqi national. *Corresponding author: Sushil Upadhyay, Asistant Professor, Rama Medical College and Hospital, Pulmonary Medicine, H 104 Swarn Residency, 132 GT Road, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201005, India, Tel: 919899393006; Fax: 911222327311; E-mail: [email protected] Received June 11, 2015; Accepted July 15, 2015; Published July 20, 2015 Citation: Upadhyay S (2015) Unusual Cause of Hypoxemia. J Pulm Respir Med 5: 279. doi:10.4172/2161-105X.1000279 Copyright: © 2015 Upadhyay S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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