Effect of cervical disease history on outcomes of women who have a Pap diagnosis of atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 460-464

  Raab, Stephen S ^a,c   Bishop, N Scott ^b,d   Zaleski, M Sue ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance; Bethesda system; Cervical cancer; Diagnosis; Dysplasia; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RISK; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

EID: 0032823994     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5512     Document Type: Article

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