Audit of breast frozen sections

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-144

  Altaf, Fadwa J ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST HAMARTOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MASTITIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 1842861840     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.141     Document Type: Article

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