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Cytologic Contamination of the Sampling Needle in Endobronchial Ultrasound
J M Tirapu Puyal1, N Múgica Atorrasagasti2, M V Leal Arranz1
1Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Basurto, Bilbao, Vizcaya, España.
Archivos De Bronconeumologia
|March 21, 2022
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