Successful grading of renal-cell carcinoma in fine-needle aspirates

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 223-226

  Al Nazer, Mona ^a   Mourad, Walid A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

FNAB; Grading; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEPHRECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0034079577     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(200004)22:4<223::AID-DC4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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