A randomized controlled trial of standard vs endobronchial ultrasonography-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with suspected sarcoidosis

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-346

  Tremblay, Alain ^a   Stather, David R ^a   MacEachern, Paul ^a   Khalil, Moosa ^a   Field, Stephen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 68849114788     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2768     Document Type: Article

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