A Cace of Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma Demonstrated Multiple Nodularities on Chest Roentgenogram
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عنوان ژورنال: Haigan
سال: 1974
ISSN: 1348-9992,0386-9628
DOI: 10.2482/haigan.14.105