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EDITORIAL
Lung function in the elderly: Nascentes morimur
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First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Demosthenes Bouros
First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 152 Messogion Ave., Athens 11527, Greece
First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 152 Messogion Ave., Athens 11527, Greece
Pneumon 2018;31(1):14–16
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