Interpretation of Cutaneous Biopsy Specimens: Choice of Pathologist by Primary Care Practitioners

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 461-463

  Kirsner, Robert S ^a,c   Federman, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

BIOPSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035344404     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200105000-00001     Document Type: Article

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