ThinPrep® vs. conventional smears in fine-needle aspirations of sarcomas: A morphological and immunocytochemical study

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 351-354

  Guiter, Gerardo E ^a   Gatscha, Rose Marie ^a   Zakowski, Maureen F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Immunocytochemistry; Sarcoma; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

REAGENT; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SMEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032589496     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199911)21:5<351::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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