Managing solitary pulmonary nodules

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 315-326

  Jain, Prasoon ^a   Kathawalla, Salim A ^b   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PARK NICOLLET CLINIC   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032088575     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.65.6.315     Document Type: Article

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