Open lung biopsy for diffuse interstitial lung disease in children
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Open lung biopsy for diffuse interstitial lung disease in children.
The aim of the study was to investigate the contribution that open lung biopsy makes to the management of children with diffuse interstitial lung disease and to review the procedure-related morbidity in comparison with published literature on other biopsy techniques. The authors reviewed the case notes and histology of patients under 18 yrs who had had an open lung biopsy in 1991-1998 for inves...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14d16.x