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. 1959 Oct;35(5):999–1015.

A Study of the Pathogenesis of Fat Embolism Based on Human Necropsy Material and Animal Experiments^*

V S LeQuire, J L Shapiro, C B LeQuire, C A Cobb Jr, W F Fleet Jr

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