Transbronchial cryobiopsy: A new tool for lung biopsies

Respiration

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-208

  Babiak, Alexander ^a   Hetzel, Jürgen ^b   Krishna, Ganesh ^e   Fritz, Peter ^c   Moeller, Peter ^d   Balli, Tahsin ^a   Hetzel, Martin ^a  

^a Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryobiopsy; Interstitial lung disease; Interventional bronchoscopy; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MECHANICAL PROBE; MORPHOMETRICS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TRANSBRONCHIAL CRYOBIOPSY;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68549125418     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203987     Document Type: Article

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