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. 2021 Jun;159(6):2488-2490.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.006. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Test Correlation Between Nasopharyngeal Swab and BAL in Asymptomatic Patients

Jiwoon Chang  1 , Kai E Swenson  1 , Arthur Sung  1 , Harmeet Bedi  2
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 Test Correlation Between Nasopharyngeal Swab and BAL in Asymptomatic Patients

Jiwoon Chang et al. Chest. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

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