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CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of lung lesions - 2-year experience at the Institute of Radiology in Ljubljana Cover

CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of lung lesions - 2-year experience at the Institute of Radiology in Ljubljana

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 41 (2007): Issue 3 (September 2007)
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|Dec 2007
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-007-0017-6 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 99 - 106
Published on: Dec 6, 2007
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
lung neoplasms,
pathology,
biopsy needle,
pneumothorax
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Radiology

© 2007 Igor Kocijančič, Ksenija Kocijančič, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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