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Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 806723, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/806723
Case Report

Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Aplasia in a Pregnant Patient

Chitra Lal,1 Jim Barker,2 and Charlie Strange1

1Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, CSB 812, MSC 630, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
2Scott & White Health System, Texas A&M HSC, Pulmonary 5C, 2401 S 31st Street, Temple, TX 76508, USA

Received 10 January 2011; Accepted 17 February 2011

Academic Editor: Reda E. Girgis

Copyright © 2011 Chitra Lal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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