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. 2000 May;55(5):405–416. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.5.405

Adult pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis

A Tazi 1, P Soler 1, A Hance 1
PMCID: PMC1745752  PMID: 10770823

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