Diagnostic yield and the number of tumor cells of ultrathin bronchoscopy for peripheral lung lesions: A comparison with thin bronchoscopy

• Atsuhiko Yatani,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3111-0306

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• Naoko Katsurada,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Takafumi Fukui,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Jun Yamada,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Hiroki Satoh,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-1280

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• Chihiro Mimura,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Daisuke Hazama,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Masatsugu Yamamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0596-555X

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• Naoe Jimbo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Tomonori Tanaka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Motoko Tachihara

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mt0318@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4598-220X

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