Development and validation of a computerized cytomorphometric method to assess the maturation of vaginal epithelial cells

Cytometry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 196-202

  Van Der Laak, Jeroen A W M ^a   Schijf, Charles P ^a   Kerstens, Harold M J ^a   Heijnen Wijnen, Tiny H M ^a   De Wilde, Peter C M ^a   Hanselaar, Antonius G J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated image analysis; Maturation index; Postmenopausal atrophy; Therapy evaluation; Vaginal maturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0033105020     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990301)35:3<196::AID-CYTO2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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