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Latest issue - ABM 1/2023 2023-02-13

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Current Issue

Vol. 94 No. 1 (2023)

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Published: 13-02-2023

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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Effects of benralizumab in a population of patients affected by severe eosinophilic asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a real life study

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The acute bronchiolitis rebound in children after COVID-19 restrictions: a retrospective, observational analysis

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PROS AND CONS IN GENERAL MEDICINE

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LETTERS TO EDITOR

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MEDICAL HUMANITIES

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DEBATE

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