Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial lung biopsy in fluoroscopically invisible solitary pulmonary nodules: A prospective trial

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-150

  Herth, F J F ^a   Eberhardt, R ^a   Becker, H D ^a   Ernst, Armin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lung cancer; Solitary pulmonary nodules; Transbronchial lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33144456977     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.1.147     Document Type: Article

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