EBUS: A new dimension in bronchoscopy. Of sounds and images - A paradigm of innovation

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 583-586

  Becker, H D ^a  

^a Thoraxklinik Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BALLOON CATHETER; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INJURY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749265640     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095312     Document Type: Editorial

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