Infrared spectroscopy of human tissue. III. Spectral differences between squamous and columnar tissue and cells from the human cervix

Biospectroscopy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-257

  Chiriboga, L ^a,b   Xie, P ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Diem, M ^a,b  

^a InPhoCyte Inc   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy of human tissue; Squamous and glandular cervical epithelium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000439453     PISSN: 10754261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6343(1997)3:4<253::AID-BSPY1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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