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Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Revue canadienne des soins respiratoires et critiques et de la médecine du sommeil
Volume 2, 2018 - Issue 4
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Letter to the Editor

Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for ILD: Ready or not, here it comes?

Kerri A. JohannsonDepartments of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; ;Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Correspondence[email protected]
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Martin KolbDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;
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Charlene D. FellDepartments of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
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Deborah AssayagDepartment of Medicine, Montréal Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada;
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Jolene FisherDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
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Andrew ChurgDepartment of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;
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Kaïssa de BoerDepartments of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;
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Margaret M. KellyDepartment of Pathology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
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Andrew G. LeeDepartment of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
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Hélène ManganasDepartment of Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada;
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Shikha MittooDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
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Shane ShaperaDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
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Kazuhiro YasufukuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
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Christopher J. RyersonDepartment of Medicine and Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia and St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Pages 257-258 | Received 01 May 2018, Accepted 01 May 2018, Published online: 25 Sep 2018

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