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Onset of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient under peg-interferon and ribavirin treatment

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    Cristina Crespi, Silvia Gualandi, Fabio Piscaglia & Luigi Bolondi

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Crespi, C., Gualandi, S., Piscaglia, F. et al. Onset of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient under peg-interferon and ribavirin treatment. Intern Emerg Med 3, 77–80 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0098-2

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