Improving diagnostic accuracy and interobserver concordance in the classification and grading of primary gliomas

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1381-1393

  Coons, Stephen W ^a   Johnson, Peter C ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Yates, Allan J ^c   Pearl, Dennis K ^c  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocytoma; diagnosis; glioma; grading; oligodendroglioma; pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030903111     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970401)79:7<1381::AID-CNCR16>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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