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. 1984 Sep;39(9):647–650. doi: 10.1136/thx.39.9.647

Pulmonary infiltrates in adult acute leukaemia: empirical treatment or lung biopsy?

A G Wardman, N J Cooke
PMCID: PMC459892  PMID: 6474399

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