Adrenocortical tumors: Improving the practice of the weiss system through virtual microscopy: A national program of the French network INCa-COMETE

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1194-1201

  Tissier, Frédérique ^a,b   Aubert, Sébastien ^c   Leteurtre, Emmanuelle ^c   Al Ghuzlan, Abir ^d   Patey, Martine ^d   Decaussin, Myriam ^a   Doucet, Laurent ^e   Gobet, Françoise ^f   Hoang, Catherine ^g   Mazerolles, Catherine ^h   Monges, Geneviève ⁱ   Renaudin, Karine ^j   Sturm, Nathalie ^k   Trouette, Hélène ^l   Vacher Lavenu, Marie Cécile ^a   Viallon, Vivian ^m   Baudin, Eric ⁿ   Bertagna, Xavier ^b,m   Coste, Joël ^m   Libe, Rossella ^b,m  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (France)

^b INCa COMETE Network ^*  (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^e BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Pathology Department   (France)

^g CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^h INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

ⁱ NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j CHU La Tronche and University   (France)

^k BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^m INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

ⁿ Institut Gustave Roussy ^*  (France)

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Author keywords

adrenal; adrenocortical adenoma; adrenocortical carcinoma; adrenocortical tumors; virtual microscopy; Weiss system

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FRANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84863832015     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31825a6308     Document Type: Article

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