Identifying cytologic characteristics and grading endocervical columnar cell abnormalities: A study aided by high-definition television

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1659-1670

  Van Aspert�van Erp, Anniek J M ^a   Van’t Hof�Grootenboer, Bep E ^a   Brugal, Gerard ^a,b   Vooijs, G Peter ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; High definition television; Television

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TELEVISION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030696697     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333165     Document Type: Article

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