Proposed Sheffield quantitative criteria in cervical cytology to assist the diagnosis and grading of squamous intra-epithelial lesions, as some Bethesda system definitions require amendment

Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 168-178

  Slater, D N ^a,d   Rice, S ^a   Stewart, R ^b   Melling, S E ^a   Hewer, E M ^a   Smith, J H F ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Sheffield Cytology Training Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquid based cervical cytology; Quantification; Squamous intra epithelial lesions; The Bethesda system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS STRUCTURES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; TERMINOLOGY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23444458280     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2005.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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