Resources in the bronchoscopy suite and the utility of cryobiopsy

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Published: 2025-03-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2025.v31i1.3223

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M L Mullin
Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, UK; Department of Thoracic Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
R Thakrar
Department of Thoracic Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK
N Nanavi
Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, UK; Department of Thoracic Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK

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Mullin ML, Thakrar R, Nanavi N. Resources in the bronchoscopy suite and the utility of cryobiopsy. Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 28 [cited 2025 Oct. 2];31(1):e3223. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajtccm/article/view/3223

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