TBNA: Should EBUS be used on all lymph node aspirations?

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-117

  Yarmus, Lonny ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Browning, Robert ^b   Wang, Ko Pen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRONCHOSCOPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 80052704937     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e318216d45f     Document Type: Editorial

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