Hepatic and pulmonary biopsy by mini-thoracotomy and transdiaphragmatic access

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1384-1386

  Fernandez, Angelo ^a   Uip, David E ^a   Strabelli, Tania M V ^a   Bammann, Ricardo H ^a   Vargas, Francisco S ^a   Jatene, Fabio B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; hepatic biopsy; immunosuppressed patients; open lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0030475622     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.6.1384     Document Type: Article

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