Is bronchoscopic lung biopsy helpful in the management of patients with diffuse lung disease?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1081-1084

  Ensminger, S A ^a   Prakash, Udaya B S ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Bronschoscopic lung biopsy; Diffuse lung disease; Interstitial lung disease; Transbronchial biopsy; Transbronchoscopic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845359276     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00013106     Document Type: Article

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