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Wonderful drug for walking pneumonia: oseltamivir

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine volume 26, pages 97–98 (2014)Cite this article

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  1. Department of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Faheem Arshad MD, Suhail Mantoo & Umar H. Khan

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Arshad, F., Mantoo, S. & Khan, U.H. Wonderful drug for walking pneumonia: oseltamivir. Egypt J Intern Med 26, 97–98 (2014). https://doi.org/10.4103/1110-7782.145297

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