The Utility of Scalene Lymph Node Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis
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Chung, Won-Sang
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
Kim, Young-Hak (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) Song, Young-Joo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) Kim, Ji-Hoon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) Kim, Hyuck (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) |
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