Transesophageal biopsy of mediastinal and pulmonary tumors by means of endoscopic ultrasound guidance

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 554-559

  Hunerbein, M ^a   Ghadimi, B M ^a   Haensch, W ^a   Schlag, P M ^a   Reed, C E ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031679197     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70160-6     Document Type: Article

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