Clinical evaluation of atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance upon cervical cytologic examination in Israeli Jewish women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2194-2196

  Gutman, G ^a,b,c   Bachar, R ^a   Pauzner, D ^b,c   Lessing, J B ^b,c   Schejter, E ^a  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

AGUS; ASCUS; Bethesda system; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 3042742903     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601874     Document Type: Article

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