Diagnosis of biliary tract lesions by histological sectioning of brush bristles as alternative to cytological smearing

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1274-1281

  Asioli, Sofia ^a   Accinelli, Grazia ^a   Pacchioni, Donatella ^a   Bussolati, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; METHANOL; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BRUSH CYTOLOGY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43549108790     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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