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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

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[Fibrocaseous coccidioidomycosis with cavitation in the upper lobe in the right lung]

H A REIMANN, W O RUSSELL

    California Medicine
    |March 19, 2010
    PubMed
    Abstract

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    Keywords:
    COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS

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