Pathology and laboratory medicine.

نویسندگان

  • R L Reddick
  • W W McLendon
چکیده

Automation streamlines a previously labor-intensive process and virtually eliminates sampling or labeling errors. The techniques of molecular biology and genetics continue to assist the physician in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of patients with neoplastic diseases.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JAMA

دوره 271 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1991