Designing bronchial biopsy studies
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Bronchial biopsy in chronic bronchitis and asthma.
Chronic bronchitis is responsible for a greater annual mortality in Great Britain than any other single respiratory disease, and its incidence is far higher in this country than anywhere else in the world (Oswald, 1958), yet relatively few comprehensive studies of the pathogenesis of the condition have been published. Considerable attention has been paid recently to the factor of infection in c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0954-6111
DOI: 10.1016/s0954-6111(00)90126-4