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EDITORIAL
Thoracoscopy one century later: The oldest interventional technique of modern pneumonology, with great future prospects
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Associate Professor of Pneumonology Democritus University of Thrace
Corresponding author
Marios E. Froudarakis
Department of Pneumonology University Hospital of Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis, 68100
Department of Pneumonology University Hospital of Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis, 68100
Pneumon 2010;23(1):31-33
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