Cytomorphology of metastatic mesothelioma in fine-needle aspiration specimens

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 328-332

  Yu, Gordon H ^a   Baloch, Zubair W ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 0032957976     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199906)20:6<328::AID-DC2>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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