Improving Lung Function in Severe Heterogenous Emphysema with the Spiration Valve System: Still a Great Need to "EMPROVE"

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Avinash Jain et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 1;201(3):391.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201908-1667LE.

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Reply to Jain et al.: Improving Lung Function in Severe Heterogenous Emphysema with the Spiration Valve System: Still a Great Need to "EMPROVE".
Criner GJ. Criner GJ. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Feb 1;201(3):391-392. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201909-1798LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 31580712 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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