Altered surface and cyst epithelium of ovaries removed prophylactically from women with a family history of ovarian cancer

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-157

  Werness, Bruce A ^a   Afify, Alaa M ^b   Bielat, Kenneth L ^b   Eltabbakh, Gamal H ^b   Piver, M Steven ^b   Paterson, Joyce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Familial ovarian cancer; Image cytometry; Ovarian neoplasms; Precancerous conditions; Prophylactic oophorectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 0033024664     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90269-1     Document Type: Article

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