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. 1993 Nov 20;307(6915):1335–1339. doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6915.1335

Acute respiratory distress syndrome ("ARDS"): no more than a severe acute lung injury?

R Beale 1, E R Grover 1, M Smithies 1, D Bihari 1
PMCID: PMC1679424  PMID: 8166803

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