Quest for a uniform cyto-diagnostic approach to thyroid aspirates: A consensus proposal

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-86

  Baloch, Zubair ^b   Layfield, Lester J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 32044444381     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20454     Document Type: Editorial

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