Tru-cut biopsy of palpable breast lesions: A practical option for pre-operative diagnosis in developing countries

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 127-130

  Gukas, I D ^a,b   Nwana, E J C ^a   Ihezue, C H ^a   Momoh, J T ^a   Obekpa, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034189273     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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