The bethesda terminology for reporting thyroid cytopathology: From theory to practice in Europe

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 507-511

  Cochand Priollet, B ^a   Schmitt, F C ^c   Totsch M ^d   Vielh, P ^b  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Standardization; The Bethesda Terminology for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONSENSUS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; FOLLICULAR LESION OF UNKNOWN SIGNIFICANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THE BETHESDA SYSTEM FOR REPORTING THYROID CYTOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 83455261887     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334687     Document Type: Article

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