Atypical Squamous and Glandular Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASCUS and AGUS) of the uterine cervix

Anticancer Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5 C, 2000, Pages 3701-3708

  Cenci, M ^a   Vecchione, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

AGCUS; AGUS; ARC; ASCUS; Borderline changes; Cervical cytology; Glandular lesions; Pap test

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

CELL MATURATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARAKERATOSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ATROPHY; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0034532397     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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