Squash preparation and frozen section in intraoperative diagnosis of central nervous system tumors

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1149-1154

  Shah, Anita B ^a,b   Muzumdar, Girish A ^a   Chitale, Arun R ^a,b   Bhagwati, Sanat N ^a,b  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

Author keywords

Central nervous system neoplasms; Cytological techniques; Frozen sections; Squash preparations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031706463     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332104     Document Type: Article

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