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. 1998 Dec;53(12):1080–1087. doi: 10.1136/thx.53.12.1080

Clinical usefulness of high resolution computed tomography in cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

A Wells 1
PMCID: PMC1745154  PMID: 10195083

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