Unexpected finding in computed tomographic pulmonary angiography.
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1 Hospital Mater Dei; Department of Internal Medicine, Grupo de Estudo da Hemostasia e Trombose (GETHe), Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 2 Instituto de Previdência do Estado de Minas Gerais, Department of Internal Medicine, GETHe, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 3 Hospital Mater Dei, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 4 Department of Internal Medicine, GETHe, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira
دوره 58 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012