The endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle biopsy learning curve for mediastinal and hilar lymph node diagnosis

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 278-279

  Fernández Villar, Alberto ^a   Leiro Fernández, Virginia ^a   Botana Rial, Maribel ^a   Represas Represas, Cristina ^a   Núñez Delgado, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HILUS; LUNG HILUS LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 84855464196     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1986     Document Type: Letter

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