Diagnostic concordance of telecytology and conventional cytology for evaluating breast aspirates

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 663-667

  Galvez, Jose ^a   Howell, Lydia ^a   Costa, Michael J ^a   Davis, Robin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cytology and Histology Laboratories

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast neoplasms; Teleconsultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031749697     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331823     Document Type: Article

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