Bronchial anthracofibrosis in an adolescent with tuberculosis without environmental carbon exposure.

Pediatr Pulmonol

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.

Published: August 2023

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