Transbronchial Lung Biopsy in the Compromised Host

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 13, 1977, Pages 1377-1379

  Ehrie, Michael G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LUNG; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 0017670925     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1977.03280140055017     Document Type: Article

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