Should Aspergillus screening before bronchial thermoplasty?

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Shinji Sasada. BMC Pulm Med. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 9;21(1):195.

doi: 10.1186/s12890-021-01536-0.

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, 1-4-17 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0073, Japan. sasastaf@hotmail.co.jp.

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Keywords: Allergic bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis; Bronchial thermoplasty; Severe asthma.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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