Dry cough and dyspnoea rapidly increasing to respiratory failure in a male smoker.

Eur Respir J

Dept. of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, 45-47 Ipsilantou Street, Evangelismos Hospital, GR 10675, Athens, Greece.

Published: June 2005

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