Atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance on cervical smears: A study with cytohistologic correlation

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-356

  Burja, Izabela T ^a   Thompson, Sophie K ^a   Sawyer Jr , William L ^a   Shurbaji, M Salah ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; AGUS; Atypical glandular cell; Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHROMATIN; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0032912977     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331080     Document Type: Article

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