Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1796-1800, December 2009

The role of EBUS-TBNA for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis – comparisons with other bronchoscopic diagnostic modalities

  • Takahiro Nakajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Kazuhiro Yasufuku

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth St 9N-957, Toronto ON M5G 2C4, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 416 340 4290; fax: +1 416 340 3660.
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  • Katsushi Kurosu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Yuichi Takiguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Taiki Fujiwara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Masako Chiyo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Kiyoshi Shibuya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Kenzo Hiroshima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Yukio Nakatani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Ichiro Yoshino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Received 12 February 2009; accepted 26 July 2009. published online 13 August 2009.

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PII: S0954-6111(09)00250-9

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.07.013

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1796-1800, December 2009

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