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. 1997 Aug;52(8):671–673. doi: 10.1136/thx.52.8.671

Should patients with cystic fibrosis infected with Burkholderia cepacia undergo lung transplantation?

A K Webb, J Egan
PMCID: PMC1758623  PMID: 9337823

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