Liquid fixation of endometrial brush cytology ensures a well-preserved, representative cell sample with frequent tissue correlation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-373

  Maksem, John A ^a   Knesel, Ernie ^b  

^a Mercy Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytology fixatives; Endometrial cytology; Endometrium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0029922804     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199605)14:4<367::AID-DC16>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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