Endobronchial Involvement in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome.

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol

*Unit of Interventional Pulmonology, Clinica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo Departments of †Respiratory Medicine ‡Pathology, Clinica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo §Department of Internal Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Published: October 2015

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