Benign pairs: A useful discriminating feature in fine needle aspirates of the breast

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 721-726

  Yu, Gordon H ^a,b   Sethi, Seema ^a,c   Cajulis, Ricardo S ^a,b   Gokaslan, Sefik T ^a   Frias Hidvegi, Denise ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cytopathology Laboratory   (United States)

^c Building 10   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Benign pairs; Breast neoplasms; Fibroadenoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030993146     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332692     Document Type: Article

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