Cellient™ automated cell block versus traditional cell block preparation: A comparison of morphologic features and immunohistochemical staining

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 730-736

  Wagner, David G ^a   Russell, Donna K ^b   Benson, Jenna M ^b   Schneider, Ashley E ^a   Hoda, Rana S ^c   Bonfiglio, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

automated cell block; Cellient ; traditional cell block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TISSUE SECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052885146     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21457     Document Type: Article

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