Critical values in cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 447-451

  Pereira, Telma C ^a,b   Clayton, Amy C ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^a   Liu, Yulin ^b   Leon, Marino ^b   Silverman, Jan F ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical values; Cytology; Physician notification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL VALUE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646817032     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20443     Document Type: Article

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