Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1828-1831 , December 2009

Postcoital hemoptysis: Our experience and review of the literature

Received 30 January 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.07.007

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1828-1831 , December 2009

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