Usefulness of ultrathin bronchoscopy in diagnosis of lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-48

  Yamamoto, Suguru ^a   Ueno, Kiyonobu ^a   Imamura, Fumio ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroto ^a   Nagatomo, Izumi ^a   Omiya, Yasuhide ^a   Yoshimura, Mana ^a   Kusunoki, Yoko ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

BALF; Conventional bronchoscopy; Diagnosis; Lung cancer; Rapid cytology test; Rapid Shorr stain; Ultrathin bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444262332     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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