Fibreoptoc bronchoscopy is safe in patients with poor pulmonary function

M. Al-Aloul, A. Mirakhur, C. Smyth, M. J. Ledson, M. J. Walshaw (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Diagnostic procedures in interventional pulmonology
Session: Diagnostic procedures in interventional pulmonology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 478

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