title: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Comparing the Diagnostic Yield of 21- and 22-Gauge Aspiration Needles for Performing Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Valliappan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Muthu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Nalini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Sahajal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhooria
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Inderpaul Singh
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Sehgal
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Amanjit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Ashutosh N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Digambar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Behera
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: agarwal.ritesh@outlook.in.
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*