Thin-Layer Cytology and Histopathology in the Evaluation of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 882-888

  Garcia, Francisco ^a   Barker, Bel ^b   Davis, John ^b   Shelton, Troy ^b   Harrigill, Keith ^b   Schalk, Nicole ^b   Meyer, Jane ^b   Hatch, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Thin layer cytology; Uterine diseases; Uterus

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THIN LAYER CYTOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CURETTAGE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0344011613     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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