Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 275-280 , July 2002

Fine needle aspiration of the solitary pulmonary nodule

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Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 275-280 , July 2002

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