Prospects for utilization and usefulness of postmortem cytology

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-334

  Cina, Stephen J ^a   Smialek, John E ^a,b  

^a OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Carcinoma; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Touch preparations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AUTOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOBAR PNEUMONIA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOLYMPHOMA; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLORING AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031406264     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199712000-00003     Document Type: Article

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