Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with malignant adrenal cortical tumors and pheochromocytomas, exclusive of neuroblastoma and other adrenal medullary tumors of childhood. A basis for checklists

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  Page, David L ^a   Ruby, Stephen C ^b   Schramm, Joe ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Palos Community Hospital   (United States)

^c North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ANAMNESIS; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; EXCISION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REVIEW; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0033983155     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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