Does imprint cytology of brain tumours improve intraoperative diagnoses?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-156

  Brommeland, Tor ^a   Lindal, S ^a   Straume, B ^a   Dahl, I L ^a   Hennig, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Frozen section; Imprint cytology; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPRINT CYTOLOGY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042928412     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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