CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy using an ipsilateral dependent position

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1759-1764

  Rozenblit, Alla M ^a   Tuvia, Joseph ^a   Rozenblit, Grigory N ^b   Klink, Arlene ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0034116539     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.6.1741759     Document Type: Article

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