Measuring errors in surgical pathology in real-life practice: defining what does and does not matter.

Andrew A. Renshaw; Edwin W. Gould

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Measuring errors in surgical pathology in real-life practice: defining what does and does not matter.

January 14, 2011

Renshaw AA, Gould EW. Am J Clin Pathol. 2007;127(1):144-52.

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The authors assess the effectiveness of blinded review as a method of identifying errors in surgical pathology.

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