Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance: Stratification of the risk of association with, or progression to, squamous intraepithelial lesions based on morphologic subcategorization

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1065-1072

  Sheils, Lucy A ^a,b   Wilbur, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Saint Marys Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Neoplasms; Squamous cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030855280     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332789     Document Type: Article

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