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The role of antibiotics in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pneumonology disease
 
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Professor of Pneumonology Medicine, University of Patras, Department of Pneumonology Medicine, University Hospital of Patras
 
 
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Kostas Spiropoulos   

Pneumonology Medicine University Ho spital of Patras 26500 Rio, Patras
 
 
Pneumon 2012;25(4):354-356
 
 
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