Diagnostic value of epithelioid cell granulomas in bronchoscopic biopsies

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2121-2126

  Danila, Edvardas ^a   Žurauskas, Edvardas ^a,b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b National Centre of Pathology   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Epithelioid cell granuloma; Granulomatous inflammation; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIOID CELL GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LITHUANIA; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROSIS; PREDICTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; EPITHELIOID CELLS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES;

EID: 61749098049     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1452     Document Type: Article

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