Reporting normal endometrial cells in pap smears: An outcome appraisal

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-384

  Gomez Fernandez, Carmen R ^a   Ganjei Azar, Parvin ^a   Capote Dishaw, Jessica ^a   Averette, Hervy E ^b   Nadji, Mehrdad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrial cells; Endometrial hyperplasia; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032847174     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5435     Document Type: Article

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