Fine needle aspiration cytology and flow cytometry in the diagnosis and subclassification of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma based on the World Health Organization classification

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 390-398

  Bangerter, Markus ^a   Brudler, Olaf ^a   Heinrich, Bernhard ^a   Griesshammer, Martin ^b  

^a Hematology and Oncology Practice   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology, fine needle; Flow cytometry; Lymphoma, non Hodgkin's

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34248638212     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325753     Document Type: Article

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