Is endosonography guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) for sarcoidosis as good as we think?

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 794-799

  Wildi, S M ^b   Judson, M A ^b   Fraig, M ^a   Fickling, W E ^b   Schmulewitz, N ^b   Varadarajulu, S ^b   Roberts, S S ^b   Prasad, P ^b   Hawes, R H ^b   Wallace, M B ^b   Hoffman, B J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 4544290767     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.009472     Document Type: Article

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