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Intraobserver and interobserver variability and spatial differences in histologic examination of carotid endarterectomy specimens.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Dec 2007
Hellings Willem E, Pasterkamp Gerard, Vollebregt Anne, Seldenrijk Cees A, De Vries Jean-Paul P M, Velema Evelyn, De Kleijn Dominique P V, Moll Frans L
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INTRODUCTION: Studies using histologic examination and protein analysis of atherosclerotic plaques are increasingly being performed, but reproducibility of plaque histology and variation of plaque composition among different parts of the plaque, which are key to reliability of these studies, are relatively unexplored. Therefore, this study investigated the intraobserver and interobserver variability of plaque...
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