Interpretation of tissue artifacts in transbronchial lung biopsy specimens

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-24

  Kendall, Dianne M ^a   Gal, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Interpretation; Lung; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN BODY; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TRAINING; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0037294762     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/adpa.2003.50003     Document Type: Article

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