The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 12 , Pages 1085-1087 , December 2009

Nailing the Diagnosis!

  • Srinivas Rajagopala, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Srinivas Rajagopala, MD, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012 India
    • ,
  • Navneet Singh, MD, DM
    • ,
  • Dheeraj Gupta, MD, DM, FCCP

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest associated with the work presented in this manuscript.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00715-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.014

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 12 , Pages 1085-1087 , December 2009

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