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Unsuspected pulmonary embolism: a diagnostic dilemma

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    Marianna Porzio, Giulia Cernuschi & Giorgio Costantino

  2. Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, UOC di Radiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Francesco Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Valentina Vespro

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Porzio, M., Cernuschi, G., Vespro, V. et al. Unsuspected pulmonary embolism: a diagnostic dilemma. Intern Emerg Med 11, 977–979 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-016-1514-7

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