Pathology and Probabilities: A New Approach to Interpreting and Reporting Biopsies

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 305, Issue 16, 1981, Pages 917-923

  Schwartz, William B ^a,b   Wolfe, Hubert J ^a   Pauker, Stephen G ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University Medical Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 0019495275     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198110153051604     Document Type: Article

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