Diagnostic utility of a novel thin bronchoscope.
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چکیده
X. Muñoz*, F. Torres and G. Sampol* *Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Dept de Biologı́a Cel?lular, de Fisiologia i d’Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Laboratorio de Bioestadı́stica i Epidemiologı́a, UAB, Servei de Farmacologia Clı́nica, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, (Hospital Clı́nic), Barcelona, and Centro de Investigació n Biomé dica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER) de Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes), Spain.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 32 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008