Cervical endometriosis: A potential pitfall in the evaluation of glandular cells in cervical smears

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-280

  Hanau, Cheryl A ^a,b   Begley, Norma ^a   Bibbo, Marluce ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

cervix; endometriosis; glandular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030904627     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199703)16:3<274::AID-DC17>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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