Follow-up of Papanicolaou smears diagnosed as atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-24

  Howell, Lydia Pleotis ^a   Davis, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical cells of undetermined significance; Bethesda system; Cervical lesions; Epithelial abnormality; Pap smears

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030066937     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199602)14:1<20::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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