Cytomorphology of common malignant tumors of the breast

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 733-760

  Howell, Lydia Pleotis ^a   Lin Chang, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 27944497391     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2005.08.008     Document Type: Review

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