The autoclavable semirigid thoracoscope: the way forward in pleural disease?

Munavvar M., Khan M. A. I., Edwards J., Waqaruddin Z., Mills J.

Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 29: 571-574
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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