Vaginal neoplasia in a male-to-female transsexual: Case report, review of the literature, and recommendations for cytological screening

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Lawrence, Anne A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PENIS GLANS; REVIEW; TRANSSEXUALISM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA ATRESIA; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 3342965112     PISSN: 14344599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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