Comparison of Rehydrated Air-dried and Wet Fixed Fine Needle Aspirate Smears at Kenyatta National Hospital

dc.contributor.author	Nyabuti, Norrine M
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-10T07:44:12Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-10T07:44:12Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/167279
dc.description.abstract	Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) is a simple, quick, and inexpensive technique frequently used to diagnose benign, malignant, and infectious lesions from different body sites. FNA smears prior to staining are routinely fixed in 95% alcohol before drying occurs. Any setback to immediate fixation will lead to airdrying artefacts which lead to indeterminate diagnosis and repeat FNA. Rehydration of air-dried smears mitigates these limitations associated with wet fixation...	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.title	Comparison of Rehydrated Air-dried and Wet Fixed Fine Needle Aspirate Smears at Kenyatta National Hospital	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.description.department	a Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

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