Endobronchial Valves for Emphysema: Time to Push the Envelope?
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Endobronchial Valves for Emphysema without Interlobar Collateral Ventilation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0025-7931,1423-0356
DOI: 10.1159/000452630