Improvement of the Mair scoring system using structural equations modeling for classifying the diagnostic adequacy of cytology material from thyroid lesions

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 387-393

  Kulkarni, Hemant R ^a,b   Kamal, Meherbano M ^a   Arjune, Dilip G ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Opp Ajni Railway Station   (India)

Author keywords

Cytology; Diagnosis; Scoring system; Structural equations modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0032735925     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199912)21:6<387::AID-DC4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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