Diagnostic yield of flexible bronchoscopy in current clinical practice

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 136, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 155-159

  Joos, Ladina ^a   Patuto, Nicola ^a   Chhajed, Prashant N ^a   Tamm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; TBNA diagnostic yield

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SWITZERLAND; TECHNIQUE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645305681     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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