Significance of extensive hyperkeratosis on cervical/vaginal smears

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 749-752

  Williamson, Beth Anne ^b   DeFrias, Denise ^c   Gunn, Raymond ^c   Tarjan, Gabor ^a   Nayar, Ritu ^c  

^a NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervix diseases; Cervix neoplasms; Hyperkeratosis; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0141818205     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326600     Document Type: Article

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