Medical thoracoscopic lung biopsy in interstitial lung disease: a prospective study of biopsy quality
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Medical thoracoscopic lung biopsy in interstitial lung disease: a prospective study of biopsy quality.
The aim of this study was to analyse the quality and diagnostic value of lung biopsies for the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD), taken with diathermy coagulation cup forceps during medical thoracoscopy. Patients with ILD, not specified after thorough clinical assessment, high-resolution CT (HRCT), bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial biopsy, were studied. Medical thoracoscopy w...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14c17.x