Mediastinitis and bilateral pleural empyema caused by an odontogenic infection
By: Mirna Juretic, Margita Belusic-Gobic, Melita Kukuljan, Robert Cerovic, Vesna Golubovic and David Gobic
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Language: English
Page range: 57 - 62
Published on: Aug 6, 2007
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