Fine-needle aspiration cytology of a minimal carcinoma of the breast with neuroendocrine features

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-109

  Gupta, Raj K ^a   Kenwright, Diane ^a   Gaskell, David ^a   Wakefield, St John ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Neuroendocrine carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS;

EID: 0031823554     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199808)19:2<107::AID-DC7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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