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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lungs as a Radiation-Free Technique for Lung Pathologies in Immunodeficient patients

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  1. Department of Radio Diagnosis, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh, 160012, India

    Kushaljit Singh Sodhi & Niranjan Khandelwal

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Sodhi, K.S., Khandelwal, N. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lungs as a Radiation-Free Technique for Lung Pathologies in Immunodeficient patients. J Clin Immunol 36, 621–623 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-016-0313-2

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