Higher positive identification of malignant CSF cells using the cytocentrifuge than the Suta chamber

ABSTRACT Objective To define how to best handle cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens to obtain the highest positivity rate for the diagnosis of malignancy, comparing two different methods of cell concentration, sedimentation and cytocentrifugation. Methods A retrospective analysis of 411 CSF repo...

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Main Authors: Sérgio Monteiro de Almeida, Indianara Rotta, Arnaldo José de Conto, Dario Antonelli Filho, Carlos Dabdoub Roda, Edna Yoshiko Yamada, Gisele M. B. Singer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016001000816&lng=en&tlng=en
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