Transbronchial needle aspiration improves the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy in sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-151

  Trisolini, Rocco ^a   Agli, Luigi Lazzari ^a   Cancellieri, Alessandra ^a   Poletti, Venerino ^b   Candoli, Piero ^a   Paioli, Daniela ^a   Alifano, Marco ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^c   Patelli, Marco ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Lymphadenopathy; Sarcoidosis; Transbronchial biopsy; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG HILUS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242689776     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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