The STELVIO trial, a game changer for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction in patients with severe emphysema

Rein Posthuma, Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren

Source: Breathe, 16 (1) 200004; 10.1183/20734735.0004-2020
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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