Surgical biopsy of suspected interstitial lung disease is superior to radiographic diagnosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-401

  Kayatta, Michael O ^a   Ahmed, Shair ^a   Hammel, Josh A ^a   Fernandez, Felix ^a   Pickens, Allan ^a   Miller, Daniel ^a   Staton, Gerald ^a   Veerarghavan, Srihari ^a   Force, Seth ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC LUNG BIOPSY;

EID: 84881122237     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.065     Document Type: Article

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