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. 2011;15(6):451; author reply 451.
doi: 10.1186/cc10500. Epub 2011 Nov 8.

Severity of community-acquired pneumonia treated with low-dose adjunctive corticosteroid

Katsunaka Mikami, Masaru Suzuki, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Masaki Kawakami, Nobuaki Hirota, Ayako Shimbara-Mikami, Yoshio Sakamoto
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Severity of community-acquired pneumonia treated with low-dose adjunctive corticosteroid

Katsunaka Mikami et al. Crit Care. 2011.
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