GPS may help drivers reach their destination, but the capability to drive a car is still necessary: Traditional and technology-guided transbronchial needle aspiration

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-381

  Gasparini, Stefano ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447635430     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103206     Document Type: Editorial

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