A Case of Pulmonary Blastomycosis Mimicking Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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Jhun, Byung-Woo
(Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Kim, Da-Min (Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Park, Ji-Hyeon (Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Yoo, Hong-Seok (Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Shim, Hun-Bo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Jhin-Gook (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Han, Joung-Ho (Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kwon, O-Jung (Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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