Freezing mediastinal lymph node: first case of mediastinal cryobiopsy guided by EBUS in Brazil.

J Bras Pneumol

. Instituto de Doenças do Tórax, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.

Published: May 2024

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