The role of liquid-based cytology associated with curettage in the investigation of endometrial lesions from postmenopausal women

Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-39

  Papaefthimiou, M ^a   Symiakaki, H ^a   Mentzelopoulou, P ^a   Giahnaki, A E ^b   Voulgaris, Z ^c   Diakomanolis, E ^c   Kyroudes, A ^c   Karakitsos, P ^c,d  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Greek Hellenic Cancer Society   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endometrial lesions; Endometrial sampling; Liquid based cytology; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; THICKNESS; UTERUS BLEEDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATROPHY; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14344251368     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2004.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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