Interobserver variation in the classification of thymic tumours - A multicentre study using the WHO classification system

Histopathology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-223

  Verghese, E T ^b   Den Bakker, M A ^c   Campbell, A ^d   Hussein, A ^e   Nicholson, A G ^f   Rice, A ^g   Corrin, B ^h   Rassl, D ⁱ   Langman, G ^j   Monaghan, H ^k   Gosney, J ^l   Seet, J ^m   Kerr, K ⁿ   Suvarna, S K ^o   Burke, M ^p   Bishop, P ^q   Pomplun, S ^r   Willemsen, S ^c   Addis, B ^a,s  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e SU/Sahlgrenska ^*  (Sweden)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^m ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^o NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^q MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^r KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Interobserver agreement; Kappa; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma; WHO classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THYMOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 47749130855     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2008.03088.x     Document Type: Article

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