The centennial anniversary of the frozen section technique at the Mayo Clinic

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1532-1535

  Gal, Anthony A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; MICROTOME; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TISSUE FIXATION; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MINNESOTA; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PORTRAITS;

EID: 28844446240     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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