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Rehabilitation Is Associated With Improvements in Post–COVID-19 Sequelae

Andreas Asimakos, Stavroula Spetsioti, Spyros Mentzelopoulos, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Alice G Vassiliou, Pantelis Gounopoulos, Archontoula Antonoglou, Dimitrios Spaggoulakis, Sofia Pappa, Spyros Zakynthinos, Ioanna Dimopoulou and Paraskevi Katsaounou
Respiratory Care November 2024, 69 (11) 1361-1370; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.11863

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