Artifact in cervical LLETZ specimens: Correlation with follow-up

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Ioffe, Olga B ^a   Brooks, Sandra E ^a   Bueno De Rezende, Ricardo ^a   Silverberg, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Conization; EEP; Squamous intraepithelial lesion; Thermal artifact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0033036605     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199904000-00003     Document Type: Article

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