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Vol. 45. Issue 12.
Pages 621-622 (December 2009)
Vol. 45. Issue 12.
Pages 621-622 (December 2009)
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Considerations on the evaluation of diagnostic tests: Efficacy of ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy
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Albert Sánchez-Font
, Víctor Curull, Joaquim Gea
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Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar, IMIM, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CibeRes), Barcelona, Spain
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