Can CD34 discriminate between benign malignant hepatocytic lesions in fine-needle aspirates and thin core biopsies?

Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 273-278

  Bastiaan De Boer, W ^a   Segal, Amanda ^a   Frost, Felicity A ^a   Sterrett, Gregory F ^a  

^a Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

CD34; Cell block; Core biopsy; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Reticulin stain

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; RETICULIN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034715676     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20001025)90:5<273::AID-CNCR2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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