Diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia: searching for a gold standard.
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Correspondence: Jane S. Lucas, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit (Mail Point 803), University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Margaret W. Leigh, Dept of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 44 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014