A liquid concept - Do classic preparations of body cavity fluid perform differently than thinprep cases? Observations from the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1716-1718

  Moriarty, Ann T ^a,b   Schwartz, Mary R ^b,c   Ducatman, Barbara S ^b,d   Booth, Christine N ^b,e   Haja, Jennifer ^b   Chakraborty, Subhendu ^c   Williamson, Beth ^b  

^a Ameripath Inc   (United States)

^b Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOLOGIST; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA FLUID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55549110912     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/1543-2165-132.11.1716     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Smith RA. The cytology of effusions. In: ThinPrep® Non-Gyn Morphology Reference Atlas. Marlborough, Mass: Cytyc; 2005.
3. Moriarty AT, Stastny J, Volk EE, Hughes JH, Miller TR, Wilbur DC. Fluids - good and bad actors: observations from the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004;128:513-518.