The value of transesophageal echography in the clinical staging of lung cancer

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 847-849

  Medina, J L D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical staging; Lung cancer; Transesophageal echography (TEE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0033223430     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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