Endobronchial ultrasound and esophageal ultrasound: Just because we can, does not necessarily mean we should

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 271-272

  Wang, Ko Pen ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Mehta, Atul ^b   Sharma, Malay ^c   Yarmus, Lonny ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Gastroenterology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ULTRASOUND NEEDLE ASPIRATION;

EID: 79960422118     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0171     Document Type: Letter

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