Medical thoracoscopy

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-238

  Loddenkemper, Robert ^a   Schönfeld, Nicolas ^a  

^a Lungenklinik Heckeshorn   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032105866     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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