Colposcopic and histologic findings in women with a cytologic diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 514-516

  Yarandi, Fariba ^a,b   Izadi Mood, Narges ^b   Mirashrafi, Fatemeh ^a   Eftekhar, Zahra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; Cervical histology; Colposcopy; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELL OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; CANCER GRADING; COLPOSCOPY; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 11344277980     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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