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. 1987 Jun;42(6):475–476. doi: 10.1136/thx.42.6.475

Non fatal pulmonary haemorrhage associated with nitrofurantoin.

C E Bucknall 1, M R Adamson 1, S W Banham 1
PMCID: PMC460783  PMID: 3660307

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