Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude a high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion: The practice experience of a hospital-based reference laboratory with this New Bethesda system diagnostic category

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-246

  Duncan, Lisa D ^a   Jacob, Sanjivini V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; Bethesda System; Cervix; High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL; STANDARDIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA PROBES, HPV; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 15444370854     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20227     Document Type: Article

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