Riu's stain and the cytologic diagnosis of thyroid fine-needle aspiration: A single cancer center experience

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 543-547

  Tsou, Mei Hua ^a   Lin, Hshu Hshing ^a   Ko, Jen Sheng ^a  

^a KOO FOUNDATION SUN YAT SEN CANCER CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

fine needle aspiration; Riu's stain; sensitivity; specificity; thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TAIWAN; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COLORING AGENTS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030988127     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199706)16:6<543::AID-DC14>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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