Clinician's responsibility in pre-analytical quality assurance of histopathology

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 720-723

  Sharif, Muhammad Ashraf ^a   Mushtaq, Sajid ^a   Mamoon, Nadira ^a   Jamal, Shahid ^b   Luqman, Muhammad ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Quality control; Specimen

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTAINER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; SAMPLE;

EID: 36949033661     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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