Poor agreement in recognition of abnormal mitoses: Requirement for standardized and robust definitions

Histopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-72

  Barry, M ^a   Sinha, S K ^a   Leader, M B ^a   Kay, E W ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abnormal; Definition; Mitosis; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MITOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; STANDARDIZATION;

HUMANS; MITOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0035147025     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2001.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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