Clinical significance of histiocytes in the detection of endometrial adenocarcinoma and hyperplasia

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-93

  Nguyen, Thuy N ^a   Bourdeau, Jean Luc ^b   Ferenczy, Alex ^a,b,c   Franco, Eduardo L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytology; Endometrial adenocarcinoma; Endometrial hyperplasia; Histiocytes; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031821877     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199808)19:2<89::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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