Atypical Squamous Cells-Cannot Exclude High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (ASC-H): A Result Not to Be Ignored

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1095-1098

  Barreth, Drew ^a   Schepansky, Alexandra ^a   Capstick, Valerie ^a   Johnson, Gordon ^b   Steed, Helen ^a   Faught, Wylam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASC H; Cancer; Colposcopy; Dysplasia

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA IN SITU; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HIGH GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION OF THE CERVIX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION OF THE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 35648954831     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32330-1     Document Type: Article

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