Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2136-2137

  Qureshi, Rizwan A ^a   Stamenkovic, Steven A ^a   Carnochan, Fiona M ^a   Walker, Wiliam S ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC LUNG BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 36249003831     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.076     Document Type: Letter

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