Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 56-65 , January 2009

Pulmonary thromboembolism in childhood: A single-center experience from Turkey

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Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 56-65 , January 2009

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