Utility of thin-layer preparations in the endometrial cytology:. Evaluation of benign endometrial lesions

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Norimatsu, Yoshiaki ^a,e   Kouda, Hiromi ^a   Kobayashi, Tadao K ^b   Moriya, Takuya ^c   Yanoh, Kenji ^d   Tsukayama, Choutatsu ^a   Miyake, Yasuyuki ^e   Ohno, Eiji ^e  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Medical Care Center   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KURASHIKI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND THE ARTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conventional cytology; Endometrial cytology; Endometrial glandular and stromal breakdown; Normal endometrium; Thin layer cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 39749139523     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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