'Owl's eye' cells in a cervical smear of a transplant recipient: Don't forget to inform the referring physician

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-229

  Oei, Angèle L M ^a   Salet Van De Pol, M R J ^a   Borst, S M ^a   Van Den Berg, A P ^b   Grefte, J M M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMV; Cytomegalovirus; Immunosuppression; Organ; Transplantation; Vaginal smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

CERVIX UTERI; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34047190882     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20610     Document Type: Article

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