Fine-needle aspiration cytology: Its origin, development, and present status with special reference to a developing country, India

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 345-351

  Das, Dilip K ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Fine needle aspiration cytology; High income economies, India

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CENTER; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEEDLE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; ROUND CELL TUMOR; SCANDINAVIA; STAINING; SYRINGE; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 0038312142     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10289     Document Type: Review

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