Follow-up of atypical glandular cells in cervical-endocervical smears

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 312-317

  Schindler, Susanne ^a   Pooley Jr , Robert J ^b   De Frias, Denise V S ^b   Yu, Gordon H ^b   Bedrossian, Carlos W ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma in situ; Atypical glandular cells; Bethesda system; Cervical smears; Squamous intraepithelial lesions

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CERVIX UTERI; CONIZATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032175094     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1092-9134(98)80024-5     Document Type: Article

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