Immunohistochemistry in tumor diagnosis: External quality assessment of 13 departments of pathology in Western Denmark

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-44

  Jensen, Marianne Lidang ^a,c,e   Nielsen, Ole ^b   Johansen, Preben ^c   Clausen, Per Prætorius ^b,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e University Institute of Pathology Arhus   (Denmark)

Author keywords

External quality assessment; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030968894     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199703000-00006     Document Type: Article

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