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José M Porcel1

  • 1Pleural Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Avda Alcalde Rovira Roure 80, Lleida 25198, Spain. jporcelp@yahoo.es

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