Image Diagnosis: Endobronchial Tuberculosis Masquerading as an Endobronchial Tumor with Presentation as Middle Lobe Syndrome

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عنوان ژورنال: The Permanente Journal

سال: 2016

ISSN: 1552-5767,1552-5775

DOI: 10.7812/tpp/16-006