Quick aspiration cytology for thyroid nodules by modified Ultrafast Papanicolaou staining

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-48

  Maruta, Junko ^a   Hashimoto, Hironobu ^a   Yamashita, Hiroto ^a   Yamashita, Hiroyuki ^a   Noguchi, Shiro ^a  

^a Noguchi Thyroid Clin/Hosp Found   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Modified Ultrafast Papanicolaou stain; Quick diagnosis; Thyroid neoplasm

Indexed keywords

DYE; GILL 5 HEMATOXYLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STANDARD; THYROID CELL; THYROID NODULE;

ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0037220114     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.19999     Document Type: Article

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