Xcyt) was used to categorize 56 (37 benign and 19 Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. malignant) breast FNAs diagnosed as ''indeterminate'' and the computer diagnosis 2 Departments of Surgery and Human Oncolcompared with the surgical biopsy. For each case, an operator chose a group of ogy, Univ
Fine-Needle Aspiration of the Breast
โ Scribed by GRANT, CLIVE S.; GOELLNER, JOHN R.; WELCH, JOHN S.; MARTIN, J. KIRK
- Book ID
- 123164253
- Publisher
- Mayo Clinic
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 627 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0025-6196
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