Endometrial brush cytology of advanced postmenopausal endometrium: Does endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia exist in the absence of hyperplasia?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 338-343

  Maksem, John A ^a  

^a Mercy Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced postmenopausal endometrium; Endometrial brush cytology; Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia; Hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0031788125     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199811)19:5<338::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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