Pneumocystis: a novel pathogen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

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Published in COPD on February 01, 2008

Authors

Alison Morris1, Frank C Sciurba, Karen A Norris

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1: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. morrisa@upmc.edu

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