Induced sputum in the diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer not visible endoscopically

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 822-828

  Agusti C ^a   Xaubet, A ^a   Monton C ^a   Sole M ^b   Soler, N ^a   Carrion M ^a   Rodriguez Roisin R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchial carcinoma; Bronchoscopy; Diagnosis; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CELL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOTUMOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0034752470     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1173     Document Type: Article

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