Bacteriology of sputum in cystic fibrosis: evaluation of dithiothreitol as a mucolytic agent.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on June 01, 1980

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M R Hammerschlag, L Harding, A Macone, A L Smith, D A Goldmann

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