New challenges in medical thoracoscopy

Respiration

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-200

  Froudarakis, Marios E ^a,b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Flex rigid thoracoscope; Infrared; Narrow band imaging; Pleural effusion; Pneumothorax; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRONCHOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURODESIS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 79960739076     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324266     Document Type: Article

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