Endometrial cytology in postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-167

  Kaba, Sadayuki ^a   Aoki, Takayoshi ^a   Fukatsu, Toshiaki ^b  

^a Aichi Prefectural Health Care Center   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytology; Disordered proliferative phase; Endometrium; Hormone replacement therapy; Nuclear number on maximum diameter

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; NORETHISTERONE; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031875191     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199809)19:3<161::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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