To count or not to count? A review of the issue of adequacy in breast FNA

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 142-147

  Abati, Andrea ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0032859852     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199908)21:2<142::AID-DC12>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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