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Interobserver and intraobserver variability in the calculation of the lipid-laden macrophage index: Implications for its use in the evaluation of aspiration in children

✍ Scribed by Michelle Reid-Nicholson; Renuka Kulkarni; Bamidele Adeagbo; Stephen Looney; John Crosby

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 115 KB
Volume: 38
Category: Article
ISSN: 8755-1039
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21298

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