Endobronchial ultrasonography: Current status and future directions

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 970-979

  Yasufuku, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakajima, Takahiro ^a   Chiyo, Masako ^a   Sekine, Yasuo ^a   Shibuya, Kiyoshi ^a   Fujisawa, Takehiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasonongraphy; Lung cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Mediastinoscopy; Staging; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 34848886102     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318153fd8d     Document Type: Review

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