Pragmatic Studies in Interventional Pulmonology: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, but an Imminent Leap Forward. Introducing IPOG, the Interventional Pulmonary Outcome Group

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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Fabien Maldonado et al. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;26(3):150-152.

doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000575.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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