Underlying pathology of women with "atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion" smears, in a region with a high incidence of cervical cancer

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-209

  Kietpeerakool, Chumnan ^a   Srisomboon, Jatupol ^a   Tantipalakorn, Charuwan ^a   Suprasert, Prapaporn ^a   Khunamornpong, Surapan ^a   Nimmanhaeminda, Kanchana ^a   Siriaunkgul, Sumalee ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Atypical squamous cell; Cervical cancer; Cervical dysplasia; High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; Histology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CELL DAMAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 42149145585     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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