Editorial: The Bethesda thyroid terminology and progress towards international agreement on thyroid FNA cytology reporting

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-74

  Cross, P A ^a   Poller, D ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77749302304     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00749.x     Document Type: Editorial

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