Imprint cytology for rapid evaluation of lung and mediastinal lesions

Minerva Medica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-102

  Tamiolakis, D ^a   Mikroulis, D ^b,c   Lambropoulou, M ^a   Bitzikas, G ^b   Didilis, V ^b   Kotini, A ^b   Papadopoulos, N ^a   Bougioukas, G ^b  

^a Regional Hospital of Alexandroupolis   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Citology; Lung neoplasms, pathology; Mediastinal neoplasms, pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GREECE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPRINT CYTOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0041846402     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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