Accuracy of frozen section in the diagnosis of liver mass lesions

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 352-354

  Rakha, Emad ^a   Ramaiah, S ^a   McGregor, A ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FROZEN SECTION; HAMARTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER INJURY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645666208     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.029538     Document Type: Article

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