Is it feasible to diagnose germ-cell tumors by fine-needle aspiration biopsy?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-77

  Akhtar, Mohammed ^a   Al Dayel, Fouad ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

biopsy; diagnosis; extragonadal; fine needle aspiration; germ cell; neoplasm; ovary; testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSGERMINOMA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DYSGERMINOMA; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA;

EID: 0031047984     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199701)16:1<72::AID-DC16>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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