Diagnostic efficacy of CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy and fine needle aspiration in cases of pulmonary infectious disease
✍ Scribed by Hironori Uruga, Hisashi Takaya, Shigeo Hanada, Yuka Beika…
- Book ID
- 120887096
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1867-1071
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