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Diaphragmatic hernia: an unexpected cause of pseudopleural effusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Eeling Goh*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, Singapore 159964; [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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