Number, size, and composition of cell clusters as related to breast FNA adequacy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Eckert, Robin ^a   Howell, Lydia P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Cellularity; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Specimen adequacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; CELL COUNT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032820413     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199908)21:2<105::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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