Transthoracic needle biopsy: An overview

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 232-249

  Klein, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Zarka, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cytopathology; Lung biopsy; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; BIOPSY; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; REVIEW;

EID: 0030690203     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-199710000-00002     Document Type: Review

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