Diagnosis of infectious diseases in the lower respiratory tract a cytopathologist's perspective

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 683-694

  Baldassarri, Rebecca J ^a   Kumar, Deepika ^a   Baldassarri, Stephen ^a   Cai, Guoping ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85066857134     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2017-0573-RA     Document Type: Article

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