Bronchoscopy in sarcoidosis: Diagnostic and therapeutic interventions

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 402-407

  Chapman, Jeffrey T ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endobronchial biopsy; Sarcoidosis; Therapeutic bronchoscopy; Transbronchial lung biopsy; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BALLOON DILATATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0043240227     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200309000-00011     Document Type: Review

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