Spontaneous Pneumothoraces in Patients with Birt–Hogg–Dubé Syndrome
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the American Thoracic Society
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2329-6933,2325-6621
DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201611-886oc