Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 221-226 , March 2007

Diagnosis of intrathoracic lesions: are sequential fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and core needle biopsy (CNB) combined better than either investigation alone?

  • G. Aviram

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: G. Aviram, Department of Radiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Street, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 6973591; fax: +972 3 6973504.
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  • J. Greif

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • A. Man

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Y. Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • S. Marmor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • M. Graif

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • A. Blachar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 12 August 2006 ,Revised 5 November 2006 ,Accepted 8 November 2006.

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PII: S0009-9260(06)00409-0

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.11.003

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 221-226 , March 2007

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