Stereotactic brain biopsies: Specimen preparation and evaluation

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 477-480

  Burger, Peter C ^a,c   Nelson, James S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN INJURY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030912594     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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