Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 157-162 , March 2010

Lung cancer staging by combined endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS): The gastroenterologist's perspective

Received 5 June 2009 ,Accepted 17 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.07.014

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