Transbronchial fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of mediastinal/hilar sarcoidosis

Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-7

  Smojver Jezek S ^a   Peros Golubicic T ^a   Tekavec Trkanjec, J ^a   Mazuranic I ^a   Alilovic M ^a  

^a University Hospital for Lung Diseases Jordanovac   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Mediastinal hilar lymphadenopathy; Sarcoidosis; Transbronchial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33846503290     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2006.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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