The rich history of gynaecological pathology: Brief notes on some of its personalities and their contributions

Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-25

  Young, Robert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynaecological pathology; History

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GERMANY; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESONEPHROMA; NORTH AMERICA; OBSTETRICS; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRECANCER; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS CANCER; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 33847223100     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020601153281     Document Type: Article

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