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. 2005 Feb;60(Suppl 1):i1–i21. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.030676

BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection in children

I Balfour-Lynn, E Abrahamson, G Cohen, J Hartley, S King, D Parikh, D Spencer, A Thomson, D Urquhart, b on
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