Conventional vs Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: A Randomized Trial

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 322-325

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

^a Thoraxklinik ^*  (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lung cancer; Lymph node staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 1642575308     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.1.322     Document Type: Article

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