Does lung biopsy help patients with interstitial lung disease?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 621-626

  Qureshi, Rizwan A ^a   Ahmed, Tanveer A ^a   Grayson, Antony D ^a   Soorae, Ajaib S ^a   Drakeley, M John ^a   Page, Richard D ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic yield; Interstitial lung disease; Lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036207287     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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