Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 281-285 , July 2002

Management of the subcentimeter pulmonary nodule

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☆ Address reprint requests to Daniel L. Miller, MD, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Emory University Clinic, 1365 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322.

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Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 281-285 , July 2002

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