Efficacy and safety of the eXcelon transbronchial aspiration needle in mediastinal lymph node enlargement: A case-control study

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-213

  Fernández Villar, Alberto ^a,b   Leiro, Virginia ^a   Blanco, Monserrat ^a   Represas, Cristina ^a   Botana, Maribel ^a   González, Ana ^a   Piñeiro, Luis ^a  

^a Xeral Ces Hospital   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Mediastinal lymph nodes; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847386280     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097496     Document Type: Article

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