Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance: Correlative histologic and follow-up studies from an academic medical center

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Williams, Marsha L ^a   Rimm, David L ^a   Pedigo, Mary A ^a   Frable, William J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ASCUS; follow up repair; HGSIL; histology; LGSIL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CONDYLOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031054925     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199701)16:1<1::AID-DC2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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