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. 2001 Jul;56(7):572–578. doi: 10.1136/thorax.56.7.572

Pulmonary manifestations of Behçet's disease

F Erkan 1, A Gul 1, E Tasali 1
PMCID: PMC1746103  PMID: 11413359

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