Normal appearing endometrial cells in cervical smears of asymptomatic postmenopausal women have predictive value for significant endometrial pathology

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1069-1074

  Siebers, A G ^a   Verbeek, A L M ^a   Massuger, L F ^a   Grefte, J M M ^a   Bulten, J ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Foundation for Prevention of Cervical Cancer East Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Normal endometrial cells; Pap smear; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745078924     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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