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. 1993 Nov;48(11):1097–1098. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.11.1097

Development of bronchus associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) in human lung disease: a normal host defence mechanism awaiting therapeutic exploitation?

P G Holt
PMCID: PMC464883  PMID: 8296250

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