The State of Cell Blocks and Ancillary Testing.
Cell blocks are an integral part of cytology, but their utility is recognized probably more now than ever before, largely owing to the significant role they play in ancillary testing, particularly molecular diagnostics. Modifications to improve the cell block method initially introduced more than a...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Vol. 140; no. 12; pp. 1318 - 1323 |
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| Formato: | pictorial Journal Article |
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College of American Pathologists
Dec2016
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