Bronchoscopy
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Bronchoscopy
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Your doctor will put a thin flexible tube in your nose. He or she will move it gently down your throat to look at the larger airways (bronchi) to your lungs.
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| Primary Medical Reviewer | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Robert L. Cowie, MB, FCP(SA), MD, MSc, MFOM - Pulmonology |
| Last Updated | June 6, 2007 |
| Last updated: | June 06, 2007 |
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| Reviewed By: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Robert L. Cowie, MB, FCP(SA), MD, MSc, MFOM - Pulmonology |
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