Inter-observer variation in histopathological diagnosis and grading of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia: Results of an European collaborative study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 594-599

  Preti, Mario ^a   Mezzetti, Maura ^b   Robertson, Chris ^b   Sideri, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VULVA CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034010083     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13298.x     Document Type: Article

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