Do liquid-based preparations of urinary cytology perform differently than classically prepared cases?

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-22

  Laucirica, Rodolfo ^a   Bentz, Joel S ^b   Souers, Rhona J ^c   Wasserman, Patricia G ^d   Crothers, Barbara A ^e   Clayton, Amy C ^f   Henry, Michael R ^f   Chmara, Beth Anne ^c   Clary, Karen M ^g   Fraig, Mostafa M ^h   Moriarty, Ann T ⁱ  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Ameripath Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINE;

EID: 75149183691     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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