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Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1573-398X
ISSN (Online): 1875-6387

Editorial

Solitary Lung Nodule: To Ablate or not to Ablate?

Author(s): Adela Bazbaz, Francesca Martinez and Joseph Varon

Volume 21, Issue 3, 2025

Published on: 20 January, 2025

Page: [189 - 190] Pages: 2

DOI: 10.2174/1573398X2103250120143602

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