Mystery of the dark green sputum

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Chaudhry, Bilal ^a   Capicatto, Michael ^a   O'Brien, Aidan ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG EMBOLISM; PNEUMONIA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036733428     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2002.09.1320     Document Type: Article

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