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01-06-2020 | Air Embolism | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Reply to “Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: Smart Positioning – Prone Should be Forbidden”

Author: François Cousin

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 6/2020

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Title: Reply to “Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: Smart Positioning – Prone Should be Forbidden”
Author: François Cousin
Publication date: 01-06-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Air Embolism
Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 6/2020
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-020-02435-3

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