What levels of agreement can be expected between histopathologists assigning cases to discrete nominal categories? A study of diagnosis of hyperplastic and adenomatous colorectal polyps

Modern Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 941-944

  Cross, Simon S ^a   Betmouni, Samar ^a   Burton, Julian L ^a   Dubé, Asha K ^b   Feeley, Kenneth M ^b   Holbrook, Miles R ^b   Landers, Robert J ^b   Lumb, Phillip B ^a   Stephenson, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal polyps; Histopathology diagnosis; Interobserver agreement; Kappa statistics

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033805281     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880171     Document Type: Article

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