Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 78-86 , January 2010

Rapid clinical diagnosis in fatal swine influenza (H1N1) pneumonia in an adult with negative rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs): Diagnostic swine influenza triad

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.10.002

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 78-86 , January 2010

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