Interobserver reproducibility of thyroid fine-needle aspiration using the UK Royal College of Pathologists' classification system

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 833-835

  Crippa, Stefano ^a   Dina, Roberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID BIOPSY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID TUMOR; TISSUE STRUCTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84862626560     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP5AKCU3VHVXCL     Document Type: Letter

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