Fine needle aspiration of the testis: Correlation between cytology and histology

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 991-998

  Rammou Kinia, Rea ^a   Anagnostopoulou, Irene ^a   Tassiopoulos, Fotis ^a   Lykourinas, Michael ^a  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Testicular diseases; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032709377     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331384     Document Type: Article

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