Diagnostic value of needle aspiration cytology in the assessment of palpable axillary lymph nodes: A study of 336 cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 550-554

  Gupta, Raj K ^a   Naran, Sarla ^b   Lallu, Sharda ^b   Fauck, Robert ^b  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Axilla; Biopsy, needle; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038712990     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326567     Document Type: Article

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