Frozen section discrepancy in the evaluation of central nervous system tumors

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1532-1540

  Plesec, Thomas P ^a   Prayson, Richard A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GLIOMA; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 35348993231     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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