Sampling error in the standard evaluation of endoscopic colonic biopsies

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-257

  Calhoun, Benjamin C ^b   Gomes, Fay ^b   Robert, Marie E ^b   Jain, Dhanpat ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colon biopsy; Polyps; Reorientation

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; COLON BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROTOME; SAMPLING; STAINING; TISSUE PREPARATION;

BIOPSY; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SELECTION BIAS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0037309352     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200302000-00016     Document Type: Article

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