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. 2009 Jul 13;68(1):1–3. doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70123-6

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Are We Speaking Different Languages?

Thomas Kuen-Shan Jih 1,*
PMCID: PMC7128319  PMID: 15742855

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