Sarcoidosis—no business of the bronchoscopist

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1276-1277

  Neto, Manuel Ribeiro ^a   Culver, Daniel ^a   Mehta, Atul ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOTE; SARCOIDOSIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872120694     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.103     Document Type: Letter

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