Cytological diagnosis of bronchopneumonia at post mortem

Cytopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 402-410

  Beer, T W ^c   Maidment, G ^d   Mikel, J J ^a   Van Wyk, Q ^a   Pullinger, N C ^b  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Histopathology   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bronchopneumonia; Cytology; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032785097     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1999.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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