What constitutes an adequate smear in fine-needle aspiration cytology of the breast? (multiple letters)

Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-60

  Abele, J ^a   Stanley, M W ^a   Rollins, S D ^a   Miller, T R ^a   Layfield, L J ^a   Mooney, E ^a   Coogan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CELL COUNT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR;

EID: 0032564805     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980225)84:1<57::AID-CNCR9>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Letter

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