Current clinical applications of endobronchial ultrasound

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-498

  Yasufuku, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

bronchoscopy; endobronchial ultrasound; lung cancer; lymph node; mediastinal adenopathy; staging; thoracic surgery; transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 77955035115     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.10.39     Document Type: Review

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