Transbronchial needle aspirates: Comparison of two preparation methods

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2015-2018

  Diacon, Andreas H ^a,b   Schuurmans, Macé M ^a   Theron, Johan ^a   Brundyn, Karen ^a   Louw, Mercia ^a   Wright, Colleen A ^a   Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Cytodiagnosis; Fine needle biopsy; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 21844458949     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.6.2015     Document Type: Article

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