Severe influenza treatment guideline
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Won Suk Choi, Ji Hyeon Baek, Yu Bin Seo, Sae Yoon Kee, Hye Won Jeong, Hee Young Lee, Byung Wook Eun, Eun Ju Choo, Jacob Lee, Young Keun Kim, Joon Young Song, Seong-Heon Wie, Jin Soo Lee, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim, and Transgovernmental Enterprise for Pandemic Influenza in Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon; Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju; Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju; Gachon University Gil Hospital Cancer Center, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon; Department of Pediatrics, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon; Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon; Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju; Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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