Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 40-2002. A 56-year-old man with rapidly worsening dyspnea.

Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 40-2002. A 56-year-old man with rapidly worsening dyspnea.
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马萨诸塞州总医院的病例记录。

DOI:
10.1056/nejmcpc020028
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发表时间:
2002
期刊:
The New England journal of medicine
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通讯作者:
Mark,EugeneJ
Mark,EugeneJ
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作者:
Gong,MichelleNg;Mark,EugeneJ

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