Diagnostic yield of bronchoscopies after isolated lung transplantation

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-88

  Baz, Maher A ^a,b   Layish, Daniel T ^a   Covert, Joseph A ^a   Howell, David N ^a   Lawrence, Cindy M ^a   Davis, Robert D ^a   Tapson, Victor F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute rejection; bronchoscopy; CMV pneumonitis; lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATED LUNG; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030005507     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.1.84     Document Type: Article

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