Cytological diagnosis of sarcoidosis revisited: A state of the art review

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 541-548

  Mehrotra, Ravi ^a   Dhingra, Vishal ^a  

^a MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

cytological diagnosis; sarcoidosis; transbronchial fine needle aspiration; transesophageal ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEAD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG HILUS LYMPH NODE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NECK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL LUNG BIOPSY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG; SARCOIDOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79959597234     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21455     Document Type: Review

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