Lung microbiota: Genuine or artifact?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 731-733

  Berger, Gidon ^a,b   Wunderink, Richard G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomass; Diseases; Lung; Microbiota; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROBIOTA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM;

EID: 84893145960     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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