Radiologically guided fine needle lung biopsies in the evaluation of focal pulmonary lesions in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-356

  Jantunen, E ^a,b   Piilonen, A ^a   Volin, L ^a   Ruutu, P ^c   Parkkali, T ^a   Koukila Kahkola P ^a   Ruutu, T ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation; Complications; Diagnostic yield; Fine needle lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOCARDIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 85047696430     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703358     Document Type: Article

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