Endocervical glandular cell abnormalities in conventional cervical smears: Evaluation of the performance of cytomorphological criteria and HPV testing in predicting neoplasia

Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-43

  Rabelo Santos, S H ^a,b   Derchain, S F M ^a   Do Amaral Westin, M C ^a   Angelo Andrade, L A L ^a   Sarian, L O Z ^a   Oliveira, E R Z M ^a   Morais, S S ^a   Zeferino, L C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma in situ; Atypical glandular cells; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cervix; Conventional cytology; Cytodiagnosis; Diagnosis; Glandular neoplasia; Squamous neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMEAR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 38148999518     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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