Validity of frozen section in the diagnosis of breast lumps: 5 Years experience at the Aga Khan University Hospital

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 533-536

  Sultana, Nuzhat ^a   Kayani, Naila ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST LUMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDITY; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644916690     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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