Medicine:Pediatric pathology

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Short description: Sub-specialty of pathology concerning children

Pediatric pathology is the sub-specialty of surgical pathology which deals with the diagnosis and characterization of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of children.[1] The duties of pediatric pathologists can be divided into two categories: the examination of tissue samples, and the performing autopsies and placental examinations.[2]

References

  1. Stocker, J. Thomas; Dehner, Louis P. (2001) (in en). Pediatric Pathology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-7817-1774-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=0qGkiN8IquIC&dq=pediatric+pathology&pg=PA23. 
  2. Pryce, Jeremy W.; Sebire, Neil J. (2015-01-01). "Fetal Pathology" (in en). Twining's Textbook of Fetal Abnormalities. pp. 583–602. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-4591-2.00022-X. ISBN 9780702045912.