Diagnostic value of transbronchial lung biopsy under fluoroscopic guidance in solitary pulmonary nodule in an endemic area of tuberculosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-143

  Lai, R S ^a   Lee, S S J ^a   Ting, Y M ^a   Wang, H C ^a   Lin, C C ^a   Lu, J Y ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INJURY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 0029867690     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(96)90155-9     Document Type: Article

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