Contribution of morphometry in the differential diagnosis of fine-needle thyroid aspirates

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-28

  Karslioǧlu, Yildirim ^a   Celasun, Bülent ^a   Günhan, Ömer ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Image analysis; Morphometry; Quantitative pathology; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DILUTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 18144430953     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20024     Document Type: Article

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