Nuclear grooves in intermediate cells in cervical smears

Cytopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-95

  Gupta, Sanjay ^a,b   Sodhani, P ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Intermediate cells; Nuclear grooves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0034002356     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2000.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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