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[A case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by a humidifier]

I Tsujino1, T Betsuyaku, S Inaba

  • 1First Department of Medicine, Obihiro Kosei Hospital, Japan.

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi
|October 1, 1992
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