Quality assessment of intraoperative frozen sections in a teaching hospital: An analysis of 847 consecutive cases;Évaluation qualitative des examens extemporanés dans un service hospitalo-universitaire: Analyse de 847 examens consécutifs

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 393-399

  Wendum, Dominique ^a   Fléjou, Jean François ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; Evaluation studies; Frozen sections; Neoplasms; Quality control; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID TUMOR; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347990681     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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