Transbronchial biopsy interpretation in the patient with diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-423

  Leslie, Kevin O ^a   Gruden, James F ^a   Parish, James M ^a   Scholand, Mary Beth ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; BRONCHOSCOPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MICROANGIOPATHY; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847664321     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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