Core needle biopsy is effective in the initial diagnosis of mediastinal lymphoma

Haematologica

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 600-603

  Zinzani, Pier Luigi ^b   Corneli, Gabriela ^a   Cancellieri, Alessandra ^a   Magagnoli, Massimo ^c   Lacava, Nicola ^a   Gherlinzoni, Filippo ^c   Bendandi, Maurizio ^c   Albertini, Patrizia ^c   Baruzzi, Giuseppe ^a   Tura, Sante ^c   Boaron, Maurizio ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Core needle biopsy; Diagnosis; Mediastinal lymphoma; Specific treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032789543     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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