Liquid-based endometrial cytology: Its possible value in postmenopausal asymptomatic women

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-187

  Buccoliero, A M ^a   Castiglione, F ^a   Gheri, C F ^a   Garbini, F ^a   Fambrini, M ^a   Bargelli, G ^a   Pappalardo, S ^b   Scarselli, G ^a   Marchionni, M ^a   Taddei, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Asymptomatic; Endometrial cytology; Liquid based; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 33846820495     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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