Fine-needle aspiration: Comparison of smear, cytospin, and cell block preparations in diagnostic and cost effectiveness

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-74

  Liu, Katharine ^a   Dodge, Richard ^a   Glasgow, Ben J ^b   Layfield, Lester J ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell blocks; Cytospins; Fine needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CENTRIFUGATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; GLASS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0031867041     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199807)19:1<70::AID-DC15>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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