Does CT scanning predict the likelihood of a positive transbronchial biopsy in sarcoidosis?

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 436-439

  De Boer, S ^a   Milne, D G ^a   Zeng, I ^a   Wilsher, M L ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 66049124686     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.105031     Document Type: Article

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