A multicenter, prospective, advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy outcomes registry

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Ernst, Armin ^a   Simoff, Michael ^b   Ost, David ^c   Michaud, Gaetane ^a   Chandra, Divay ^a   Herth, Felix J F ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CYTOLOGY; DATA BASE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 77954730528     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-2457     Document Type: Article

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