Comparison of ThinPrep and conventional preparations: Nongynecologic cytology evaluation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 368-371

  Leung, Chung Shan ^a,b   Chiu, Brian ^a   Bell, Valerie ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

nongynecologic cytology; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PREPARATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BODY FLUIDS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0012572139     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199704)16:4<368::AID-DC14>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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