Cytology of abnormal nipple discharge: A cyto-histological correlation

Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-26

  Lee, Wen Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytology; Nipple discharge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; PAPILLOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037293202     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2003.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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