Results of the clinical evaluation of atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGCUS) detected on cervical cytology screening

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-18

  Kennedy, Alexander W ^a   Salmieri, Stephen S ^a   Wirth, Susan L ^a   Biscotti, Charles V ^a   Tuason, Laurie J ^a   Travarca, Mary Jane ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0030271417     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0270     Document Type: Article

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