Incidental detection of pigmented lesions in the cervix

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-255

  Handa, Uma ^a   Mohan, Harsh ^a   Garg, Shailja ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LEIOMYOMA; MELANOSIS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MELANINS; NEVUS, BLUE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250353157     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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