Presence of nuclear grooves in endometrial cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-65

  Kaneko, Chiyuki ^a   Funahashi, Masanori ^a   Kato, Kazuo ^a   Shamoto, Mikihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Tadao K ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Medical Care Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell nucleus; Cytology; Endometrial smear; Nuclear groove; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031813766     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199807)19:1<63::AID-DC13>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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