Predictive value of pre-test clinical diagnosis for mediastinal lymphadenopathy compared to histological outcomes from cervical mediastinoscopy

K. Woolnough, M. Kalkat, H. Kunst (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Oncological thoracic surgery
Session: Oncological thoracic surgery
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 454
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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K. Woolnough, M. Kalkat, H. Kunst (Birmingham, United Kingdom). Predictive value of pre-test clinical diagnosis for mediastinal lymphadenopathy compared to histological outcomes from cervical mediastinoscopy. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 454

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