Critical values in anatomic pathology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 638-640

  Silverman, Jan F ^a   Pereira, Telma C ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL VALUE; CYTOLOGY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PATHOLOGIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646694597     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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