Bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial lung biopsy in alveolar and/or ground-glass opacification

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-119

  Cazzato, S ^a,b   Zompatori, M ^b   Burzi, M ^a   Baruzzi, G ^a   Falcone, F ^a   Poletti, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alveolar opacification; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Diagnosis; Ground glass pattern; High resolution computed tomography; Transbronchial lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0032790942     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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