Most likely hemoptysis -- blood in sputum. sm
Posted By: Txczech on 2007-09-26
In Reply to: myopsis? sm - Audrey Graham
Subject: Most likely hemoptysis -- blood in sputum. sm
Here is a good review of systems link:
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/epc97/handouts/ros.html
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