Cytological features of melanoma in exfoliative fluid specimens

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 638-643

  Murali, R ^a,b   Loughman, N T ^a   McKenzie, P R ^a   Watson, G F ^a   Thompson, J F ^a,b   Scolyer, R A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BODY FLUID; CELL ASSAY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MITOSIS; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650434351     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.065599     Document Type: Article

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