The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 415-416 , May 2007

An Unexpected Visitor

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 Parwathi “Uma” Paniker, MD, Section Editor

PII: S0002-9343(07)00233-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.03.001

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 415-416 , May 2007