Cervical neoplasia after diagnosis and follow-up of women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 219-222

  Murta, E F C ^a   Da Silva, C S ^a   Vieira, J B ^a   Khabbaz, K M ^a   Adad, S J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cancer; Neoplasms; Papanicolaou smear; Squamous cell; Uterine cervical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 38349097591     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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