ASC-H in Pap test- definitive categorization of cytomorphological spectrum

CytoJournal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chivukula, Mamatha ^a   Shidham, Vinod B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARAKERATOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

EID: 33746758286     PISSN: 17426413     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6413-3-14     Document Type: Article

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