174 Reduction of drug-dose and therapy-costs in the inhalation therapy with high dose tobramycin
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1569-1993
DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(06)80156-6