The value of transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 704-708

  Reichenberger, Frank ^a   Weber, Janoš ^a   Tamm, Michael ^a   Bolliger, Christoph T ^a   Dalquen, Peter ^b   Perruchoud, André P ^a   Solèr, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Peripheral pulmonary lesion; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLEEDING; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032868829     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.3.704     Document Type: Article

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