Cellular adequacy for thyroid aspirates prepared by ThinPrep: How many cells are needed?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 792-797

  Michael, Claire W ^a   Pang, Yijun ^a   Pu, Robert T ^a   Hasteh, Farnaz ^a   Griffith, Kent A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Fine needle aspiration; ThinPrep; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR ADEQUACY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLLOID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPITHELIUM; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THINREP; THYROID ASPIRATION; THYROIDITIS;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CELL COUNT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 37049021548     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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