Thickness of the cervical epithelium of autopsied patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 258-261

  Valadares Guimarães, Janaína ^a   Marques Salge, Ana Karina ^a   Silva Gontijo Penha, Daniel ^b   Cândido Murta, Eddie Fernando ^b   Saldanha, João Carlos ^b   Costa da Cunha Castro, Eumenia ^b   dos Reis, Marlene Antônia ^b   de Paula Antunes Teixeira, Vicente ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cervical epithelium; Morphometric; Pathological processes

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; METAPLASIA; MONOCYTE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; TISSUE NECROSIS; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 34447261410     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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