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Case Report

Spontaneous pneumothorax in Wegener's granulomatosis: a case report

Ilhan SezerDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hilal KocabasDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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Meltem Alkan MelikogluDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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Bayram Serdar BudakDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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Irem Hicran OzbudakDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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Bulent ButunDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Pages 76-80 | Received 01 May 2007, Accepted 07 Sep 2007, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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