Towards precision medicine in bronchiectasis: what is the role of neutrophilic elastase determination?

Grace Oscullo Yepez, Jesus María Sierra-Párraga, Tomás Posadas Blazquez, Miguel Ángel Martínez-García

Source: Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900765; 10.1183/13993003.00765-2019
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