The evaluation and management of the solitary pulmonary nodule

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 995, 2008, Pages 459-466

  Soubani, A O ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55349105477     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.063545     Document Type: Review

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