Is microscopic examination of hysterectomy specimens removed for clinically benign disease necessary?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-236

  Andrews, Tim ^a   Monaghan, H ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENORRHAGIA; MICROSCOPY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERUS PROLAPSE; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 38849133626     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.049601     Document Type: Article

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