Diagnosis: To biopsy or not to biopsy: Assessing the role of surgical lung biopsy in the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 520S-525S

  Fishbein, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Interobserver variability; Interstitial lung disease; Surgical lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 28044440270     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.5_suppl_1.520S     Document Type: Article

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