Transbronchial needle aspiration(TBNA) as an additional bronchoscopic diagnostic tool - a British experience

M. Munavvar, H. Singh, J. Mills, M. J. Edwards, S. Kearney (Preston, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in interventional pulmonology
Session: Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in interventional pulmonology
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3069
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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