Case report of eventration of diaphragm due to an unknown febrile illness causing phrenic nerve palsy and other multiple nerve palsies
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2049-0801
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.04.003