Community-acquired pneumonia: diagnostic vs prognostic significance of the platelet count

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Comparative Study

Burke A Cunha et al. Chest. 2011 May.

. 2011 May;139(5):1255-1256.

doi: 10.1378/chest.10-3146.

¹ Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, and State University of New York School of Medicine Stony Brook. Mineola, NY.

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