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Clinical impact of liquid-based cytology test on diagnostic yields from transbronchial needle aspiration

  1. GANG HOU1,
  2. YAN YIN1,
  3. WEI WANG1,
  4. QIU-YUE WANG1,
  5. XUE-JUN HU1,
  6. JIAN KANG1,
  7. GUANG-PING WU2,*

Article first published online: 25 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02246.x

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Respirology

Respirology

Volume 17, Issue 8, pages 1225–1228, November 2012

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HOU, G., YIN, Y., WANG, W., WANG, Q.-Y., HU, X.-J., KANG, J. and WU, G.-P. (2012), Clinical impact of liquid-based cytology test on diagnostic yields from transbronchial needle aspiration. Respirology, 17: 1225–1228. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02246.x

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  1. 1

    Institute of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

*Guang-Ping Wu, Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. Email: wug_ping@sina.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 OCT 2012
  2. Article first published online: 25 OCT 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 10 AUG 2012 03:30AM EST
  4. Received 12 January 2012; invited to revise 2 March 2012; revised 9 April 2012; accepted 15 May 2012 (Associate Editor: David Feller-Kopman).

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