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Comment
. 2021 Apr;159(4):1680-1681.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.037. Epub 2021 Apr 6.

Finding an Evidence-Based and Clinically Important Role for BAL in the Setting of Suspected SARS-Cov-2 Infection

Rocco Trisolini  1 , Giuseppe Bello  2 , Massimo Antonelli  2
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Finding an Evidence-Based and Clinically Important Role for BAL in the Setting of Suspected SARS-Cov-2 Infection

Rocco Trisolini et al. Chest. 2021 Apr.
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    Hamed I, Shaban N, Nassar M, Cayir D, Love S, Navapurkar V, Mahroof R, Curran MD, Webb S, Yang H, Conway Morris A, Watson K, Rostron A. Hamed I, et al. Chest. 2021 Apr;159(4):1681-1682. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.038. Epub 2021 Apr 6. Chest. 2021. PMID: 34022002 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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