Pulmonary Disease Doctors in Vicksburg, MS Accepting Medicare

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Alan Arrington, MD
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 2100 Highway 61 N, Vicksburg, MS 39183
Phone: 601-882-5000    

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Pulmonary Disease: An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.


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