Mediastinoscopy: Its role and value today in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal pathology

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-82

  Hujala, K T ^a   Sipila J I ^b   Grenman R ^b  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035082753     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418601750071109     Document Type: Article

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