Diagnostic yield of transbronchial histology needle aspiration in patients with mediastinal lymph node enlargement

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Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 631-635

  Hermens, Frank H W ^a   Van Engelenburg, Ton C A ^a   Visser, Frank J ^a   Thunnissen, Frederik B J M ^a   Termeer, René ^a   Janssen, Julius P ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Mediastinoscopy; Staging; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOID CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0942289913     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075210     Document Type: Article

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