Usefulness of AgNOR technique and CEA expression in atypical metaplastic cells from cervical smears

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-136

  Rocher, Adriana Esther ^a,b   Gonzalez, Analía ^a   Palaoro, Luis Alberto ^a   Blanco, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Dpto 4   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atypical metaplastic cells; Carcinoembryonic antigen; Nucleolar organizer region; Squamous intraepithelial lesions

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; SILVER;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; BIOPSY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

BIOPSY; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; SILVER STAINING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33747157976     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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