Is this the end of the line for the moderate dyskaryotic smear?

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-23

  Harry, Vanessa N ^a   Narayansingh, Gordon V ^a   Parkin, David E ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSCC terminology; Cervical cytology; Colposcopy; Dyskaryosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 37549021505     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/lgt.0b013e31813429c6     Document Type: Article

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