Resources in the bronchoscopy suite and the utility of cryobiopsy

M L Mullin^{1

2}, R Thakrar³, N Navani¹

Affiliations

¹ Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, UK; Department of Thoracic Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
² Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
³ Department of Thoracic Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK.

Editorial

M L Mullin et al. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 28;31(1):e3223.

doi: 10.7196/AJTCCM.2025.v31i1.3223. eCollection 2025.

M L Mullin^{1

2}, R Thakrar³, N Navani¹

¹ Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, UK; Department of Thoracic Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
² Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
³ Department of Thoracic Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK.

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