Submitting the entire gallbladder in cases of dysplasia is not justified

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 374-376

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a   Gould, Edwin W ^a  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Adequacy; Dissection; Dysplasia; Gallbladder; Neoplasia; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASIA; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER MALFORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TISSUE SECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84865438764     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPB0ZTXXIF6MOF     Document Type: Article

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