Ploidy and chromatin pattern analysis as an aid for cervical smear diagnosis

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 403-409

  Nemec, E ^a   Vandeputte, S ^a   Van Pachterbeke, C ^a   Vokaer, R ^a   Budel, V ^a   Deprez, C ^a   Kiss, R ^a   Decaestecker, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology; Chromatin pattern; Computer assisted microscopy; Diagnosis; Dysplasia; Feulgen staining

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PLOIDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036109618     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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