Bronchial tuberculosis: Cytologic diagnosis of fiberoptic bronchoscopic brushings

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1463-1467

  Fang, Xinzhi ^a   Ma, Bewen ^a   Yang, Xu ^a  

^a Urumqi Railway Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Bronchial diseases; Endoscopy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BRONCHUS;

EID: 0030760952     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332860     Document Type: Article

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