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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
Published on: November 4, 2010
Lung Mass in a Teenage Male With Asthma
Gayatri Mirani1, Jonna C Marret, Evans Valerie
1From the *Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine; †Department of Pediatrics, LSUHSC-NO, New Orleans, Louisiana; ‡Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital; §Department of Pathology, Microbiology Laboratory Children's Hospital; ¶Department of Dermatology, Louisiana Health Sciences Center; ‖Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Laboratory; and **Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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