Psammoma Bodies in Cervicovaginal Smears

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 693-695

  Zreik, Tony G ^a   Rutherford, Thomas J ^b  

^a SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCER; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0035344690     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200105000-00009     Document Type: Article

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