Utility of thin-layer preparations in thyroid fine-needle aspiration: Diagnostic accuracy, cytomorphology, and optimal sample preparation

Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-25

  Frost, Andra R ^a   Sidawy, Mary K ^b   Ferfelli, Mary ^b   Tabbara, Sana O ^b   Bronner, Nicole A ^b   Brosky, Keith R ^b   Sherman, Mark E ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Thin layer processing; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FIXATIVE; PRESERVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; THIN LAYER CYTOLOGY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0032564807     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980225)84:1<17::AID-CNCR4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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