Performance characteristics of the indiana University Medical Center Endometrial Sampler (Tao brush) in an outpatient office setting, first year's outcomes: Recognizing histological patterns in cytology preparations of endometrial brushings

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-195

  Maksem, John A ^a  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cytology; Liquid fixation; Tao brush

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034053158     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(20000301)22:3<186::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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