Guidelines of the papanicolaou society of cytopathology for fine-needle aspiration procedure and reporting: The papanicolaou society of cytopathology task force on standards of practice

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 739-747

  Suen, Kenneth C ^a   Abdul Karim, Fadi W ^b   Kaminsky, David B ^c   Layfield, Lester J ^d   Miller, Theodore R ^e   Spires, Susan E ^f   Stanley, Donald E ^g  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington   (United States)

^g Rutland Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAINING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0343742548     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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