Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage as an unusual presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus
✍ Scribed by Erkan Sengul; Tayfun Eyıleten; Ayhan Ozcan; Mahmut Ilker Yılmaz; Mujdat Yenıcesu
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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