Squash preparation: A reliable diagnostic tool in the intraoperative diagnosis of central nervous system tumors

Journal of Cytology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 81-85

  Mitra, Sumit ^a   Kumar, Mohan ^a   Sharma, Vivek ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Debasis ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Central nervous system tumors; frozen sections; intraoperative diagnosis; squash preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149376850     PISSN: 09709371     EISSN: 09745165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.71870     Document Type: Article

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