Transbronchial lung biopsy: Can specimen quality be predicted at the time of biopsy?

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1037-1041

  Curley, Frederick J ^a,b   Johal, Jasbir S ^a   Burke, Maura E ^a   Fraire, Armando E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Milford Whitinsville Reg Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar count; Bronchoscopy; Interstitial fibrosis; Lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0031979186     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.4.1037     Document Type: Article

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