Soft tissue sarcomas: The usefulness and limitations of fine-needle aspiration biopsy

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-68

  Kilpatrick, Scott E ^a,b   Geisinger, Kim R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EWING SARCOMA; HUMAN; MYXOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

EID: 0031750447     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/110.1.50     Document Type: Review

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