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. 2022 Oct;19(10):1787-1788.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202205-470LE.

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity as a Potential Common Link between Lung Disease and Increased Risk of Lung Cancer

Chris Ward  1 , Melissa J McDonnell  2 , Robert M Rutherford  2 , E Haydn Walters  3   4
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Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity as a Potential Common Link between Lung Disease and Increased Risk of Lung Cancer

Chris Ward et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Oct.

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