Cytologic features of neoplastic lesions in endocervical glands

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Siziopikou, K P ^a,b   Wang, H H ^a,b   Abu Jawdeh, G ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypia; Cervix; Cytology; Endocervical glands; Glandular lesions; Intraepithelial neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NOMENCLATURE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030913214     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199707)17:1<1::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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