Detection of non-infectious conditions mimicking pneumonia in the intensive care setting: usefulness of bronchoalveolar fluid cytology
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Respiratory Medicine
- Vol. 93 (8) , 571-578
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0954-6111(99)90157-9
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