Clear nuclei of papillary thyroid carcinoma conspicuous in fine-needle aspiration and intraoperative smears processed by Ultrafast Papanicolaou stain

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 552-555

  Yang, Grace C H ^a   Greenebaum, Ellen ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Orphan Annie eyed nuclei; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Ultrafast Papanicolaou stain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030844369     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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