Non-operative breast pathology: Columnar cell lesions

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1307-1312

  Pinder, S E ^a,b   Reis Filho, J S ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER GRADING; CELL DAMAGE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 37049026405     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.040634     Document Type: Review

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