Ultrasound endoscopy (EBUS, EUS) as a sophisticated tool for morphological confirmation of sarcoidosis: Do we need to find new answers for an old quest?

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Poletti, V ^a   Tomassetti, Sara ^a  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77957557395     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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