Interobserver variation in the histopathological assessment of malt/malt lymphoma: Towards a consensus

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-16

  El Zimaity, Hala M T ^a,d   Wotherspoon, Andrew ^b   De Jong, Daphne ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Rm 3A320 Houston TX 77030 F   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Lymphoma; MALT

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EUROPE; GASTRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; UNITED STATES;

CONSENSUS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, MIXED-CELL; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH;

EID: 10944228580     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2004.10.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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