Ovarian frozen section diagnosis: Use of whole-slide imaging shows excellent correlation between virtual slide and original interpretations in a large series of cases

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1020-1023

  Fallon, Margaret A ^a,d   Wilbur, David C ^b,c   Prasad, Manju ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77954333701     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/2009-0320-oa.1     Document Type: Article

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