Metal fume fever and asthma.
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Communications to the Editor diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma is not clearly established. For this purpose, a study of needle biopsy pleural specimens of suspected cases of malignant mesothelioma cosnpared to larger tissue samples obtained by surgery from the same patients needs to be done. \Vt’ appreciate Dr. Kwee and Dr. Utama’s interest in our report and thank them for their thought-provoking comments.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 93 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988