The value of monitoring frozen section-permanent section correlation data over time

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-342

  Raab, Stephen S ^a,d   Tworek, Joseph A ^b   Souers, Rhona ^c   Zarbo, Richard J ^d  

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

^b ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY; MICROSCOPY; MONITORING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644970348     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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