The Relationship Between Atypical Glandular Cells of Undetermined Significance on Pap Smear and a Clinically Significant Histologic Diagnosis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 867-870

  Barreth, Drew ^a   Faught, Wylam ^a   Schepansky, Alexandra ^a   Johnson, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cervix neoplasms; Diagnosis; Predictive value of tests; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELL OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELL OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE FAVOR NEOPLASTIC; ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELL OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE FAVOR REACTIVE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLPOSCOPY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NULLIPARA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; COLPOSCOPY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 16644393419     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30136-0     Document Type: Article

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