Standardization of fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast - Comparison of Auto Cyto Fix and conventional smears

Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-80

  Yamashita, Akiko ^a   Sakuma, Kanae ^b   Shiina, Yoshio ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cytology; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Liquid based cytology

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST; CELL SEPARATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LIQUID; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; STANDARDIZATION; SYRINGE;

EID: 0038291706     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2003.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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