The mounting evidence for endobronchial ultrasound

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-328

  Silvestri, Gerard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 68849127994     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0601     Document Type: Editorial

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