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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Radiation therapy to the breast

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XIX.a BAL: An excess proportion of lymphocytes

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Last update : 03/01/2014
 
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Radiation therapy (early effects)
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Publications

Bronchoalveolar lavage in bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia primed by radiation therapy to the breast.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2000 Feb;105;239-44 2000 Feb

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