Semiquantitative analysis of the cellular preservation quality of Normosol® and Carbowax® solutions for thyroid fine-needle aspiration specimens

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 319-322

  Nasuti, Joseph F ^a   Fleisher, Seth R ^a   Cobbs, B Charlene ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carbowax ; Fine needle aspiration; Normosol ; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; NORMOSOL;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0034010849     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(200005)22:5<319::AID-DC12>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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