My approach to pancreatic fine needle aspiration

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Leiman, Gladwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33846454666     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.034959     Document Type: Review

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