Endometrial metaplasia as a source of atypical glandular cells in cervicovaginal smears

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Johnson, Terri L ^a   Kini, Sudha R ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal smears; Endometrial metaplasia; Glandular atypia; Pap smears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METAPLASIA; NUCLEOLUS; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030026140     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199602)14:1<25::AID-DC6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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