Combined imaging for benign mediastinal lymphadenopathy: Endoscopic ultrasonography first or endobronchial ultrasonography first?

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 558-559

  Sharma, Malay ^a  

^a Department of Gastroenterology   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80051541629     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0455     Document Type: Letter

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