Evaluation of a statistically derived decision tree for the cytodiagnosis of fine needle aspirates of the breast (FNAB)

Cytopathology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 178-187

  Cross, S S ^a   Dube A K ^a   Johnson, J S ^a   McCulloch, T A ^a   Quincey, C ^a   Harrison, R F ^b   Ma, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytodiagnosis; Decision support aids; Fine needle breast aspirates; Training

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031837394     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1998.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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