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The spread of infection through the danger space to the mediastinum case report Cover

The spread of infection through the danger space to the mediastinum case report

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|Feb 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acm-2013-0020 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4139 | Journal ISSN: 1335-8421
Language: English
Page range: 28 - 32
Published on: Feb 25, 2014
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