Solitary pulmonary nodule: Time to think small

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 364-370

  Midthun, David E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033913860     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200007000-00019     Document Type: Review

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