Interobserver and intraobserver variability in the calculation of the lipid-laden macrophage index: Implications for its use in the evaluation of aspiration in children

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 861-865

  Reid Nicholson, Michelle ^a   Kulkarni, Renuka ^a   Adeagbo, Bamidele ^a   Looney, Stephen ^a   Crosby, John ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

interobserver; intraobserver; lipid laden macrophage index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOTECHNOLOGIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRAOBSERVER VARIABILITY; LIPID LAIDEN MACROPHAGE INDEX; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAMETER; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION;

EID: 78649683947     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21298     Document Type: Article

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