Two Cases of Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Young Patients with Hyperhomocysteinemia
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Lee, Wook-hyun
(Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Park, Cheol-hong (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Ko, Hoon-yung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) An, Ho-jung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Kwon, Soon Seog (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Kim, Yong Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) |
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