Is bronchoscopic lung biopsy helpful in the management of patients with diffuse lung disease? [1]

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1064-

  MacJannette, R ^a   Fiddes, J ^a   Kerr, K ^a   Dempsey, O ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 34248231928     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00160506     Document Type: Letter

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