Reporting of "LSIL with ASC-H" on cervicovaginal smears: Is it a valid category to predict cases with HSIL follow-up?

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 462-464

  Kir, G ^a   Cetiner, H ^a   Gurbuz, A ^a   Karateke, A ^a   Gozde, K ^b  

^a Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ASC H; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; LSIL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREDICTION; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 3242719823     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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