Clinical findings of the patients with legal pulmonary disability - Short-term follow-up at a tertiary university hospital in Korea
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Kyung, Sun-Young
(Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University, Gil Medical Center)
Kim, Yu-Jin (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University, Gil Medical Center) An, Chang-Hyeok (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University, Gil Medical Center) Lee, Sang-Pyo (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University, Gil Medical Center) Park, Jeong-Woong (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University, Gil Medical Center) Jeong, Sung-Hwan (Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University, Gil Medical Center) |
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