Improvement of Pulmonary Function after Administration of Azithromycin in a Patient with Bronchiolitis Obliterans: a Case Report
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Oh, Ji Hye
(Department of Internal Medicine. Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine)
Kim, Kyung Chan (Department of Internal Medicine. Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Kim, Sung Woo (Department of Internal Medicine. Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Hyun, Dae Sung (Department of Internal Medicine. Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Lee, Sang Chae (Department of Internal Medicine. Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Bae, Sung Hwa (Department of Internal Medicine. Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Jung, Kyung Jae (Department of Radiology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Kwon, Kun Young (Department of Pathology, Keimyung University School of Medicine) |
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