Cytopathologic diagnosis of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: Does it correlate with the 1999 World Health Organization definition?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-50

  Ohori, N Paul ^a   Santa Maria, Edward L ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Bronchioloalveolar; Cytology; Papillary carcinoma; WHO; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3042845885     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/VXBME9Y66WGM090V     Document Type: Article

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