Transthoracic fine needle aspiration biopsy: Sensitivity in relation to guidance technique and lesion size and location

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 687-690

  Layfield, Lester J ^a   Coogan, Alice ^a   Johnston, William W ^a   Patz, Edward F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Lung

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030008908     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333940     Document Type: Article

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