Transbronchial lung biopsy: The pathologist's point of view

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 211-216

  Pourabdollah, Mihan ^a   Shamaei, Masoud ^b   Karimi, Shirin ^c   Karimi, Mahdi ^d   Kiani, Arda ^d   Jabbari, Hamid Reza ^e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Lung; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROBE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IRAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PATHOLOGISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84959314253     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12207     Document Type: Article

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