Glandular lesions of the cervix on thin-layer Pap tests: Validity of cytologic criteria used in identifying significant lesions

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 372-379

  Ozkan, Ferda ^a,b   Ramzy, Ibrahim ^a,c,d   Mody, Dina R ^a,c,e  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervix neoplasms; Thin layer cytology; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 2442715316     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326387     Document Type: Article

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