Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on May 15, 2013
Exploratory Analysis of Pulmonary Microbiome in Intubated Patients | NCT03720093
Analysis of the Microbiome in the Healthy Smokers and COPD Patients | NCT04336423
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