Diagnostic efficacy of additional step-sections in colorectal biopsies originally diagnosed as normal

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 579-583

  Parameswaran, Lakshmy ^a   Prihoda, Thomas J ^b   Sharkey, Francis E ^b  

^a MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic error; Quality improvement; Step sections

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; RECTUM BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40649117363     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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