Fine needle aspiration of thoracic lesions: Experience in a Brazilian cancer center

Pathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 256-259

  Filho, Adhemar Longatto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biopsy needle; Cytodiagnosis; Fine needle aspiration; Thoracic lesions

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAZIL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033169845     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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