Transbronchial lung biopsy for the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis: the severity of cystic lung destruction assessed by the modified Goddard scoring system as a predictor for establishing the diagnosis

BACKGROUND: A guide of patient selection for establishing the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) by transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) has not been established, although the pathological confirmation of LAM by lung biopsy is desirable, particularly when patients have no additional test resul...

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Autores principales: Okamoto, Shouichi, Suzuki, Kazuhiro, Hayashi, Takuo, Muraki, Keiko, Nagaoka, Tetsutaro, Nishino, Koichi, Sekimoto, Yasuhito, Sasaki, Shinichi, Takahashi, Kazuhisa, Seyama, Kuniaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7249378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32456649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-020-01409-5

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