Severe Irreversible Airways Obstruction Without Emphysema
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Severe Irreversible Airways Obstruction without Emphysema.
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1963
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.18.4.361