Qualifiers of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance help in patient management

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 677-681

  Collins, Laura C ^a   Wang, Helen H ^a   Abu Jawdeh, Graziella M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ASCUS; Atypia; Cervical vaginal smear; Squamous intraepitheliaI lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; COLPOSCOPY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BIOPSY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029893189     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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