Atypical parakeratosis: A marker of dysplasia?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 288-291

  Voytek, Theresa M ^a   Kannan, Vaidehi ^a   Kline, Tilde S ^a  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical parakeratosis; Dyskeratosis; Dysplasia; Parakeratosis; Squamous intraepithelial lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PARAKERATOSIS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030471721     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199611)15:4<288::AID-DC7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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