The utility of periodic acid schiff with diastase and alcian blue stains on fine needle aspirates of breast and salivary gland neoplasms

Journal of Cytology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 221-225

  Panicker, N K ^a   Jariwala, P H ^a   Buch, A C ^a   Joshi, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Alcian blue; breast neoplasms; FNAC; PAS D; salivary gland neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871639618     PISSN: 09709371     EISSN: 09745165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.103938     Document Type: Article

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