A 62-year-old male heart transplant recipient with progressive hypoxia.
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a From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA b Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA c Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA d Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA e Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 139 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011