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Miscellaneous Article

Diaphragmatic rupture: Suspicion holds the key to prehospital diagnosis

Christopher A. Lipinski Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCorrespondence<[email protected]>
Pages 163-165 | Received 04 Feb 1997, Accepted 20 Mar 1997, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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