Lung biopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-232

  Glaspole, I N ^a   Wells, A U ^a   Du Bois, R M ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse parenchymal lung disease; Lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0034789982     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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