Thoracoscopic lung biopsy: Five commonly asked questions about video- assisted thoracic surgery

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 139-152

  Shrager, Joseph B ^a   Kaiser, Larry R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032869789     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.10.1.715     Document Type: Article

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