1st Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Demosthenes Bouros
1st Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for
Diseases of the Chest “Sotiria”, Medical School,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
152 Messogion Av., Athens 11527, Greece
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