Fine needle aspiration (FNA) of synovial sarcoma - A comparative histological-cytological study of 15 cases, including immunohistochemical, electron microscopic and cytogenetic examination and DNA-ploidy analysis

Cytopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-200

  Akerman M ^a   Willen H ^a   Carlen B ^a   Mandahl, N ^a   Mertens, F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytology; DNA ploidy and chromosomal analysis; Electron microscopy; Fine needle aspiration; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPLOIDY; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029948426     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1996.38782397.x     Document Type: Article

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