Follicular neoplasms of the thyroid : Decision tree approach using morphologic and morphometric parameters

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 369-376

  Deshpande, Vikram ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a   Sai, Krovvidi Siva ^a,b   Verma, Kusum ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Decision trees; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NODULAR GOITER; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030945907     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332527     Document Type: Article

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