Interpreting microbiopsies in cervical smears: A cytohistologic approach

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 752-759

  Mravunac, M ^a   Smedts, F ^a   Philippi, A ^a   Remerij, D ^a   Krul, A ^a   Schrik, M ^a   Van't Hof, B ^a   Van Heusden, C ^a   Vooijs, G P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Microbiopsies; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

EID: 0033802681     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328557     Document Type: Article

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