Endometrial collection and interpretation using the Tao Brush and the CytoRich fixative system: A feasibility study

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 339-346

  Maksem, John ^a   Sager, Fredric ^a   Bender, Robert ^a  

^a Mercy Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial collection; Endometrial cytology; Endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma; Liquid fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030668281     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199711)17:5<339::AID-DC6>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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