Utility of a liquid-based, monolayer preparation in the evaluation of thyroid lesions by fine needle aspiration biopsy: Comparison with the conventional smear method

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Saleh, Husain ^a,e   Bassily, Nader ^b   Hammoud, Jamal ^c,d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCLAREN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GENESYS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Conventional smears; Fine needle; Thinprep; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; CYST FLUID; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMEAR; THYROID CYST; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 64549131348     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325113     Document Type: Article

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