Interobserver reproducibility in diagnosis of breast lesions. A panel in Puglia (Italy)

Tumori

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 354-359

  Giardina, Carmela ^a   Clemente, Rosanna ^b   Fusilli, Saverio ^b   Bianchi, Simonetta ^c   Paradiso, Angelo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Oncologia Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast pathology; Diagnostic reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0031838523     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400308     Document Type: Article

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