A case of sporadic radiation pneumonitis.

Am J Clin Oncol

Department of Radiation Oncology, Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Wellington Hospital, Wellington South, New Zealand.

Published: December 2006

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