Applications of the microbiopsy technique in non-cervical cytology: Where cytology and histology meet

Histopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 174-182

  Mravunac, M ^b   Verbeek, D ^b   Van Heusden, C ^a   Reuterink, A ^a   Hop, G ^a   Smedts, F ^a  

^a Nijmegen Found Collaborating H   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Biopsy; Effusion; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031840153     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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