Endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy of coin lesions

Future Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-275

  Herth, Felix J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy coin lesion; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lung cancer; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34347370446     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796694.3.3.273     Document Type: Article

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