Initial experience with endobronchial ultrasound in an academic thoracic surgery program

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-29

  Bizekis, Costas S ^a   Santo, Thomas J ^a   Parker, Kathryn L ^a   Zervos, Michael D ^a   Donington, Jessica S ^a   Crawford, Bernard K ^a   Pass, Harvey I ^a  

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Author keywords

Disease staging; EBUS TBNA; Mediastinal lymph node biopsy; Mediastinoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 77249145053     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2010.n.004     Document Type: Article

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