Accuracy of the smear technique in the cytological diagnosis of 650 lesions of the central nervous system

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-295

  Bleggi Torres, Luiz Fernando ^a,b   De Noronha, Lúcia ^a   Gugelmin, Elizabeth Schneider ^a   Sebastião, Ana Paula Martins ^a   Werner, Betina ^a   Maggio, Ewerton Marques ^a   Telles, José Ederaldo Queiroz ^a   Collaço, Luiz Martins ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL NOSSA SENHORA DAS GRAÇAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Central nervous system; Cytology; Gliomas

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035096020     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.1062     Document Type: Article

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