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Editorial

Diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome following lung or hematopoietic cell transplantation

Keith C. MeyerUniversity of Wisconsin Lung Transplant and Advanced Lung Disease Program, Section of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine;Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 599-602 | Received 05 Jan 2016, Accepted 03 Mar 2016, Published online: 21 Mar 2016

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