Endocervical atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance: II. Morphometric and cytologic analysis of nuclear features useful in characterizing differently correlated subgroups

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-331

  Cenci, Maria ^a   Mancini, Rita ^a   Nofroni, Italo ^a   Vecchione, Aldo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical glandular cells of undetermine significance; Cell nucleus; Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Human papilloma virus; Morphometric image analysis; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 0034082371     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328473     Document Type: Article

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