Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance-favour reactive compared to atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance-favour dysplasia: Association with cervical intraepithelial lesions and human papillomavirus infection

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-286

  Giovannelli, Lucia ^a   Capra, Giuseppina ^a   Lama, Anna ^a   Bustinto, Teresa ^b   Genco, Antonio ^c   Valenti, Francesca M ^b   Pinto, Giovanni ^c   Matranga, Domenica ^d   Ammatuna, Pietro ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Centro di Citologia   (Italy)

^c Azienda Unita Sanit Locale 6   (Italy)

^d ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ASC patients; Bethesda System; HPV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 22144455401     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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