Atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance and adenocarcinoma in situ: Summoning colposcopic expertise?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Ferris, Daron G ^a   Krumholz, Burton A ^c   Jester, David M ^a   Crosby, John H ^b   Hanly, Mark G ^a   Messing, Mark J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adenocarcinoma; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; colposcopy; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINITIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029791402     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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