Criteria for reporting fine needle aspiration on palpable and nonpalpable masses of the breast

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 623-627

  Logrono, Roberto ^a   Kurtycz, Daniel F ^a   Inhorn, Stanley L ^a  

^a WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast neoplasms; Laboratory diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0031134171     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332617     Document Type: Article

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