Sputum: ready for clinical applications?

A. Spanevello (Cassano Murge, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - PG6 - New and old methodologies to assess pathobiological markers in the lung and airways: from research into clinical practice
Disease area: Airway diseases

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