Post-bronchoscopy sputum in the current bronchoscopy technique dose not improve the diagnostic yield in thoracic malignancies

A. Kitamura, Y. Yamano, G. Ishikawa, Y. Tomishima, T. Jinta, N. Nishimura, N. Chohnabayashi (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Progress in bronchoscopy and pathology techniques for diagnosis of thoracic malignancies
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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A. Kitamura, Y. Yamano, G. Ishikawa, Y. Tomishima, T. Jinta, N. Nishimura, N. Chohnabayashi (Tokyo, Japan). Post-bronchoscopy sputum in the current bronchoscopy technique dose not improve the diagnostic yield in thoracic malignancies. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 5086

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