Semiquantitative assessment of surgical lung biopsy: predictive value and impact on survival of patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrate Avaliação semiquantitativa da biópsia pulmonar cirúrgica: valor preditivo e impacto na sobrevida de pacientes com infiltrado pulmonar difuso

PURPOSE: Surgical lung biopsy has been studied in distinct populations, mostly going beyond clinical issues to impinge upon routine histopathological diagnostic information in diffuse infiltrates; however, detailed tissue analyses have rarely been performed. The present study was designed to investi...

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Main Authors: Mauro Canzian, Alexandre de Matos Soeiro, Marcel Frederico de Lima Taga, Cecília Farhat, Carmen Silvia Valente Barbas, Vera Luiza Capelozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2007-02-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322007000100005