Microglandular Hyperplasia Has a Cytomorphological Spectrum Overlapping with Atypical Squamous Cells - Cannot Exclude High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (ASC-H)

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Shidham, Vinod B ^a   Rao, R Nagarjun ^a   Machhi, Jinobya ^a   Chavan, Ashwini ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

AGUS; ASC H; Atypical glandular cells; Cervical smear; Epithelial cell abnormality; Microglandular hyperplasia; Squamous intraepithelial lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0347991898     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10342     Document Type: Article

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