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. 1998 Jan;168(1):47–50.

Pulmonary microvascular cytology for the diagnosis of pulmonary tumor embolism.

S I Babar 1, R E Sobonya 1, L S Snyder 1
PMCID: PMC1304761  PMID: 9448497

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