Increasing diagnostic accuracy with a cell block preparation from thin-layer endometrial cytology: A feasibility study

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-69

  Kyroudi, Aspasia ^a   Papaefthimiou, Maria ^b   Symiakaki, Hera ^b   Mentzelopoulou, Panagiota ^b   Voulgaris, Zannis ^a   Karakitsos, Petros ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnosis; Endometrial neoplasms; Liquid based cytology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 31544435234     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325896     Document Type: Article

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