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Review Article| Volume 43, ISSUE 4, P821-840, December 2022

Update on Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis

  • Joseph M. Pilewski
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    Lung Transplant Program, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC); Cystic Fibrosis Program, UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Children's Hospital, NW 628 MUH, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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