Fine needle aspiration at a Regional Head and Neck Clinic: A clinically beneficial and cost-effective service

Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-86

  O'Donnell, M E ^a,b   Salem, A ^a   Badger, S A ^a   Sharif, M A ^a   Kamalapurkar, D ^a   Lieo, T ^a   Spence, R A J ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Clinical management; Cost effectiveness; Cytodiagnosis; Fine needle aspiration; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Head and neck; Laboratory diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849098527     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2007.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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