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Insidious bleeding; the danger of complacency: Case Report 阴险的出血;自满的危险:个案报告

Journal of High Threat & Austere Medicine Pub Date : 2019-01-24 DOI: 10.33553/JHTAM.V1I1.9

Aldon Delport, Timothy Makrides, S. Delport, Hannah Makrides

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Australian Tactical Medical Association and the Journal of High Threat & Austere Medicine: A joint initiative to progress a niche subspecialty of medicine 澳大利亚战术医学协会和《高威胁与严峻医学杂志》:一项联合倡议，以推进医学的一个小众亚专业

Journal of High Threat & Austere Medicine Pub Date : 2019-01-20 DOI: 10.33553/JHTAM.V1I1.8

Timothy Makrides, Matthew P. J. Pepper

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