Acute effects of bronchial thermoplasty: a matter of concern or an indicator of possible benefit to small airways?

Louis-Philippe Boulet, Michel Laviolette

Source: Eur Respir J , 49 (3) 1700029; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00029-2017
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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