Has diagnostic (analytic) accuracy improved in anatomic pathology? Are we better today than we were 20 years ago?

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 716-718

  Nakhleh, Raouf E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TIME; TRENDS;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930405397     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2015-0013-ED     Document Type: Editorial

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