Inter- and intra-observer variation in the histopathological reporting of cervical squamous in traepithelial lesion susing a modified Bethesda grading system

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 206-210

  McCluggage, W G ^a   Walsh, M Y ^a   Thornton, C M ^a   Hamilton, P W ^a,b   Date, A ^a   Caughley, L M ^a   Bharucha, H ^a,b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031929994     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10054.x     Document Type: Article

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