The significance of the papanicolaou smear diagnosis of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 272-276

  Nasser, Selim M ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^b   Crum, Christopher P ^b   Faquin, William C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical biopsy; Dysplasia; Human papillomavirus; Indeterminate cytology; Papanicolaou (Pap) smear; Squamous intraepithelial lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0141995458     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11721     Document Type: Review

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