Ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: An experience in 242 patients

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 604-607

  Herth, Felix J ^a   Becker, Heinrich D ^a   Ernst, Armin ^b,c  

^a Thoraxklinik ^*  (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Diagnosis; Endobronchial ultrasound; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0037331596     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.2.604     Document Type: Article

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