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Indicators for surgical intervention in thoracic empyema in children

Hamdi H. Almaramhy and Amr M. Allama
Saudi Medical Journal September 2015, 36 (9) 1061-1066; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.9.11326

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