Ultrasound-assisted transthoracic biopsy: Cells or sections?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-237

  Schubert, Pawel ^a   Wright, Colleen A ^a,b   Louw, Mercia ^a   Brundyn, Karen ^a   Theron, Johan ^a   Bolliger, Chris T ^a   Diacon, Andreas H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Lung; Mediastinum; Needle biopsy; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND ASSISTED TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORAX;

EID: 25444506835     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20342     Document Type: Article

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