Study on the morphology and reproducibility of the diagnosis of endometrial lesions utilizing liquid-based cytology

Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 56-64

  Papaefthimiou, Maria ^a   Symiakaki, Hera ^a   Mentzelopoulou, Panagiota ^a   Tsiveleka, Ageliki ^a   Kyroudes, Aspasia ^b   Voulgaris, Zannis ^b   Tzonou, Anastasia ^b   Karakitsos, Petros ^c  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endometrial lesions; Endometrial sampling; Liquid based cytology; Morphology; Reproducibility; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AUTOMATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 18044363271     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21025     Document Type: Article

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