Frozen section evaluation of stereotactic brain biopsies: Diagnostic yield at the stereotactic target position in 188 cases

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 481-484

  Brainard, Jennifer A ^b   Prayson, Richard A ^a   Barnett, Gene H ^b  

^a Division of Pathology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN INJURY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030975063     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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