Spontaneous pneumopericardium in a pregnant woman.
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SUBMITTER: Bayramoglu A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5336710 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
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Spontaneous pneumopericardium in a pregnant woman.
Bayramoğlu Adil A Günaydın Zeki Yüksel ZY Bektaş Osman O Karagöz Ahmet A Ömürotlu Yılmaz Y
Anatolian journal of cardiology 20160101 1
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