Learning curve of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration in pulmonologists experienced in bronchoscopy

Respiration

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-192

  Hermens, Frank H W ^a   Limonard, Gijs J M ^a   Termeer, René ^a   Van Den Berg, Willem ^a   Visser, Frank J ^a   Hol, Bernard E A ^a   Janssen, Julius P ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy, experience; Lung cancer staging; Mediastinal lymph nodes; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY);

EID: 40549095286     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112793     Document Type: Article

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