Accuracy of frozen section diagnosis: A retrospective analysis of 4785 cases

APMIS

Volumn 119, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 259-262

  Winther, Charlotte ^a   Græm, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Frozen section; Intraoperative consultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

DENMARK; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954724942     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02725.x     Document Type: Article

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