Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound-guided mediastinal lymph node aspiration: Does the end justify the means?

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Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 298-301

  Bhutani, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033999587     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.2.298     Document Type: Editorial

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