Dealing with uncertainty: non-diagnostic biopsies and unclassifiable ILDs

K. Patterson (Falmer, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Lungs in the fog
Session: Lungs in the fog
Session type: Symposium
Number: 3253
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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