CT-guided thoracic core biopsies: Value of a negative result

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-167

  Quint, Leslie E ^a   Kretschmer, Matthew ^a   Chang, Andrew ^a   Nan, Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung biopsy; Lung neoplasms; Negative predictive value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548033575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0027     Document Type: Article

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