Endoscopic ultrasound guided biopsy of mediastinal lesions has a major impact on patient management

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 98-103

  Larsen, S S ^a   Krasnik, M ^a   Vilmann, P ^a   Jacobsen, G K ^a   Pedersen, J H ^a   Faurschou, P ^a   Folke, K ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SARCOIDOSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036161783     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.2.98     Document Type: Article

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