Transitional cell metaplasia of the cervix: A newly described entity in cervicovaginal smears

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-226

  Weir, Michele M ^a   Bell, Debra A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal smear; Cervix; Transitional cell metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

AGED; ATROPHY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOPLASM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031909035     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199803)18:3<222::AID-DC12>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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