INTUBATIONS FOR DIPHTHERITIC CROUP.
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Inpatient hospitalizations for croup.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1898
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1898.92450180033001n