The role of EBUS-TBNA for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis - comparisons with other bronchoscopic diagnostic modalities

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1796-1800

  Nakajima, Takahiro ^a   Yasufuku, Kazuhiro ^b   Kurosu, Katsushi ^a   Takiguchi, Yuichi ^a   Fujiwara, Taiki ^a   Chiyo, Masako ^a   Shibuya, Kiyoshi ^a   Hiroshima, Kenzo ^a   Nakatani, Yukio ^a   Yoshino, Ichiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Bronchoscopy; Diagnostic procedures; Endobronchial ultrasound; Sarcoidosis and other granulomatosis; Transbronchial lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG HILUS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350712273     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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