Frozen section of skin specimens

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1536-1543

  Smith Zagone, Megan J ^a,c   Schwartz, Mary R ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c St Joseph's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHEMOSURGERY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MELANOMA; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28844487399     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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