Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis is a Precursor for Bronchiectasis in Children: Myth or Maxim?

Overview

Journal Breathe (Sheff)

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2019 Sep 12

PMID 31508153

Citations 5

Authors

Anne B Chang

Julie M Marchant

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Abstract

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