Results of operation in Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare lung disease.

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Published in Ann Thorac Surg on August 01, 1998

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K G Nelson1, D E Griffith, B A Brown, R J Wallace

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1: Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Health Center, Tyler 75710, USA.

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