Peritoneal washing cytology of ovarian tumors of low malignant potential: Correlation with surface ovarian involvement and peritoneal implants

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1091-1094

  Cheng, Liang ^a,b   Wolf, Nancy G ^a,c   Rose, Peter G ^a,c   Rodriguez, Michael ^a,c   Abdul Karim, Fadi W ^a,c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute of Pathology

^c Department of Genetics ^*

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovarian neoplasms; Peritoneum; Washing cytology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0031689049     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332094     Document Type: Article

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