Diagnostic value of CD4, CD8 and CD68 immunohistochemical profiling in EBUS-TBNA samples for differentiating sarcoidosis and tuberculosis
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- 6 August 2026
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- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Vol. 26 (1)
Abstract
Differentiating sarcoidosis from tuberculosis in patients with mediastinal and/or hilar granulomatous lymphadenopathy remains challenging due to overlappinKeywords
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