Contribution of the endocervical cytobrush sample to the diagnosis of cervical lesions

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1143-1147

  Luzzatto, Rui ^a,b   Boon, Mathilde E ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Patologia   (Brazil)

^b LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Cytobrush

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

SPATULA;

EID: 0030472201     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333972     Document Type: Article

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