Critical values in surgical pathology

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-205

  Pereira, Telma C ^a,c   Liu, Yulin ^a,b   Silverman, Jan F ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical value; Physician notification; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL VALUE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PARAMETER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATHOLOGY;

EID: 3242788654     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/7NRW7G684VEPWPMR     Document Type: Review

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