EBUS-TBNA for the clarification of PET positive intrathoracic lymph nodes: a multi-centre experience

R. Rintoul, K. Tournoy, R. Buttery, N. Carroll, H. Daly, J. van Meerbeeck, K. van Kralingen, K. Rabe, J. Annema (Cambridge, United Kingdom; Ghent, Belgium; Leiden, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Ways into the mediastinum
Session: Ways into the mediastinum
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 2988
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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