A Descriptive Analysis of EUS-FNA for Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy: An Emphasis on Clinical Impact and False Negative Results

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-254

  Hernandez, Lyndon V ^a   Mishra, Girish ^a   George, Suku ^a   Bhutani, Manoop S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CELL; CELL TYPE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1442350431     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04052.x     Document Type: Article

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