Critical appraisal of the diagnosis of the sessile serrated adenoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-166

  Bettington, Mark ^a,b,c   Walker, Neal ^b,c   Rosty, Christophe ^a,b,c   Brown, Ian ^c,d   Clouston, Andrew ^b,c,d   Wockner, Leesa ^a   Whitehall, Vicki ^a,b,d   Leggett, Barbara ^a,b,e  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Envoi Specialist Pathologists   (Australia)

^d Central Microbiology Laboratory   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

colorectal neoplasms; colorectal polyps; diagnosis; microvesicular hyperplastic polyp; sessile serrated adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADENOMA; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84892959387     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000103     Document Type: Article

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