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Pulmonary macrophages in nosocomial pneumonia: Defense function and dysfunction, and prospects for activation

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Rose, R.M. Pulmonary macrophages in nosocomial pneumonia: Defense function and dysfunction, and prospects for activation. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 8, 25–28 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964116

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