Peritoneal fluid cytology in serous borderline tumours of the ovary

Cytopathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-45

  Stewart, C J R ^a   Kennedy, J H ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borderline tumour; Neoplasm; Ovary; Peritoneal fluid cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ASCITIC FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, CYSTIC, MUCINOUS, AND SEROUS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031933034     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1998.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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