Fine-needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of superficial lymphadenopathy: An analysis of 2,418 cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 382-386

  Prasad, Rama Rao Anil ^a   Narasimhan, Raghavan ^a   Sankaran, Vanaja ^a   Veliath, Andrew Joseph ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Immunocytochemistry; Superficial lymphadenopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030475286     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199612)15:5<382::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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