Open lung biopsy - Successful diagnostic tool with therapeutic implication in the critically ill paediatric population

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 945-948

  Steinberg, R ^a   Freud, E ^a   Ben Ari, J ^a   Schonfeld, T ^a   Golinsky, D ^a   Mor, C ^b   Zer, M ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Open lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031678638     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352598750031590     Document Type: Article

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