EBUS-TBNA for the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis Is it the Only Game in Town?

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-197

  Culver, Daniel A ^a   Costabel, Ulrich ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHI; HUMANS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 84887893150     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e31829eb0b5     Document Type: Editorial

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