Role of bronchoscopy in the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodule

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-38

  Ranes, Justin L ^a   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchogenic carcinoma; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

EID: 0037248449     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-200301000-00006     Document Type: Article

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