Protocol for the examination of specimens removed from patients with esophageal carcinoma a basis for checklists

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 925-929

  Lee Randall, G ^a,b,c   Compton, Carolyn C ^a,d  

^a North Carolina   (United States)

^b Patients with Esophageal Cancer   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031228189     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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