Inhalational anthrax: radiologic and pathologic findings in two cases.

AJR Am J Roentgenol

Diagnostic Radiology Department, National Institutes of Health, Rm. 1C 660/Bldg. 10, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Published: October 2003

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