Significance of cytologic criteria in distinguishing small cell from non-small cell carcinoma of the lung

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-220

  Arora, Vinod K ^a   Singh, Navjeevan ^a   Chaturvedi, Sujata ^a,b   Bhatia, Arati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, non small cell lung; Carcinoma, small cell lung; Classification

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOID; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0037346403     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326507     Document Type: Article

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