Transbronchial needle aspiration: Initial experience in routine diagnostic bronchoscopy

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1200-1204

  Khoo, Kay Leong ^a   Chua, Gerald S W ^a   Mukhopadhyway, Amartya ^a   Lim, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Diagnostic utility; Rapid on site evaluation; Transbronchial needle aspiration; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0242351162     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(03)00230-0     Document Type: Article

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