False-negative diagnosis in fine-needle aspirations of squamous-cell carcinoma of head and neck

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-73

  Pisharodi, Latha R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030913011     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199707)17:1<70::AID-DC16>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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