Cast no shadow: assessing the disease-modifying effects of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor
Peter J Barry1,2, Pierre-Régis Burgel3,4
1Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
The European Respiratory Journal
|December 7, 2023
Abstract
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