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9 - Bronchial Washing, Bronchoalveolar Lavage, Bronchial Brush, and Endobronchial Biopsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

By
Melissa Tukey  and
Carla Lamb
Edited by
Armin Ernst  and
Felix J. F. Herth
Armin Ernst
Affiliation:
Tufts University, Massachusetts
Felix J. F. Herth
Affiliation:
Universität Heidelberg
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Introduction to Bronchoscopy , pp. 102 - 117
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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