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Complications COVID-19 diagnosis – case report and of the literature review

Krzysztof Kowalik
1
,
Anna Gruszczyńska
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Andrzej Modrzejewski
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,
Agnieszka Kowalska
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,
Krystian Kasperowicz
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Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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Emergency Department, St. Luke’s Specialist Hospital, Konskie, Poland
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2023; 25(3): 349–352
Online publish date: 2023/09/30
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