Interinstitutional comparison of frozen section consultations: A College of American Pathologists Q-probes study of 90 538 cases in 461 institutions

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 804-809

  Gephardt, Gordon N ^a   Zarbo, Richard J ^b  

^a WellStar Kennestone Hospital   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0029791102     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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