Exfoliated endometrial cell clusters in cervical cytologic preparations are derived from endometrial stroma and glands

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Chang, Brian S ^a   Pinkus, Geraldine S ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Endometrial cells; Endometrium; Epithelium; Immunocytochemistry; Stroma

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; KERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 30644479434     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/K54R8YHQ34CGF9NA     Document Type: Article

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