Liquid-based endometrial cytology in the management of sonographically thickened endometrium

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 398-402

  Buccoliero, Anna M ^a   Gheri, Chiara F ^a   Castiglione, Francesca ^a   Garbini, Francesca ^a   Fambrini, Massimiliano ^a   Bargelli, Gianni ^a   Barbetti, Alfredo ^a   Pappalardo, Salvatore ^b   Taddei, Antonio ^a   Boddi, Vieri ^a   Scarselli, Gian F ^a   Marchionni, Maura ^a   Taddei, Gian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial adenocarcinoma; Endometrial cytology; Endometrial hyperplasia; Liquid based; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 34347405498     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20655     Document Type: Article

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