Squamous dysplasia of the uterine cervix: Tissue sampling-related diagnostic considerations in 600 consecutive biopsies

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-474

  Fadare, Oluwole ^a,b   Rodriguez, Rosemarie ^a,c  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c San Antonio Uniformed Health Education Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cervix; Quality assurance; Serial sectioning; Squamous intraepithelial lesion; Step sectioning

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STAINING; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA;

EID: 34748873220     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/pgp.0b013e318038154d     Document Type: Article

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