EBUS-TBNA: A high-yield diagnostic procedure for benign and malignant aetiologies

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa.

Editorial

G L Calligaro. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med. 2022.

. 2022 May 5;28(1):10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i1.218.

doi: 10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i1.218. eCollection 2022.

¹ Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa.

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