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. 2003 Jan;58(1):81–88. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.1.81

The pulmonary physician in critical care • 12: Acute severe asthma in the intensive care unit

P Phipps 1, C Garrard 1
PMCID: PMC1746457  PMID: 12511728

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